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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1795,Lat: 52.5668
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	8:20:04am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Leicestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Blaby
Name	Cosby with South Whetstone

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Blaby	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Littlethorpe	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Enderby	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Narborough	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Cosby	2.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	157 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	181 km	WestSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	282 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 86 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Eyebrook Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 28.5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 111.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 156 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 41 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

49.9 km2

63.5%

Urban area

25.3 km2

32.3%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Whetstone in country England

Whetstone at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	82 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	88 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Narborough

Type of weather in Narborough	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam