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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1415,Lat: 51.8071
Elevation	306 meter above sea level
Local time	22:27:33pm
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Sir Fynwy#Monmouthshire
Name	Llanelly Hill

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Llanelly Hill	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Clydach	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Brynmawr	2.6 km	West
4 Llanelly	2.8 km	NorthEast
5 Nantyglo	3.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	34 km	SouthSouthWest
2 London	England	217 km	EastSouthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	266 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 29 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talybont Reservoir (1.3 km² at a distance of 12.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pen y Fan with a height of 886 meter (at a distance of 23.7 km and direction WestNorthWest).One of the mountains in Brecon Beacons The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 16 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 17%, hill: 76%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Brecon Beacons

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 119 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cardiff International Airport (at a distance of 48 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.6 km2

5.8%

Nature

41.9 km2

53.3%

Wet nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

19.9 km2

25.3%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blackrock in country Wales

Blackrock at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	5 km	SouthEast
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	72 km	SouthEast
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	102 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brynmawr

Type of weather in Brynmawr	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam