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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: -2.9746,Lat: 51.6313
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	6:55:23am
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Tor-faen#Torfaen
Name	Llanyrafon South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Llanfrechfa	1.1 km	NorthWest
2 Caerleon	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Llanhennock	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Llandegveth	3 km	NorthEast
5 Cwmbran	4.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	20 km	SouthWest
2 London	England	202 km	EastSouthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	245 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Llandegfedd Reservoir (2.1 km² at a distance of 5.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 20.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 92%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 124 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bristol Airport (at a distance of 33 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

47.9 km2

61%

Urban area

23.7 km2

30.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ponthir in country Wales

Ponthir 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	18 km	NorthNorthWest
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	51 km	SouthEast
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	94 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponthir

Type of weather in Ponthir	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam