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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0846,Lat: 51.7743
Elevation	438 meter above sea level
Local time	23:53:51pm
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Tor-faen#Torfaen
Name	Blaenavon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Garn-Yr-Erw	2 km	NorthWest
2 Gallowsgreen	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Varteg	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Cwmavon	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Garndiffaith	4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	31 km	SouthSouthWest
2 London	England	212 km	EastSouthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	262 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 24 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Llandegfedd Reservoir (2.1 km² at a distance of 10.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 16.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 23 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 7%, hill: 81%, low mountains: 12%, 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.
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 46 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.6 km2

11%

Nature

42.8 km2

54.5%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

20.1 km2

25.5%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blaenavon in country Wales

Blaenavon 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	0.3 km	NorthWest
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	67 km	SouthEast
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	104 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Blaenavon

Type of weather in Blaenavon	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam