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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: -3.3225,Lat: 51.3919
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	8:38:02am
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Bro Morgannwg#the Vale of Glamorgan
Name	Rhoose

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rhoose	2 km	West
2 Penmark	3 km	NorthWest
3 East Aberthaw	4.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Llancarfan	4.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Barry	4.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	16 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	223 km	South
3 London	England	224 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Porthkerry lies at the Bristol Channel (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western Wales. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Clatworthy Reservoir (0.9 km² at a distance of 34.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 52.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 74 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 160 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cardiff International Airport (at a distance of 1.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

3.8%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

26.3 km2

58%

Urban area

9.7 km2

21.4%

Infrastructure

4.6 km2

10.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porthkerry in country Wales

Porthkerry 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	46 km	NorthNorthEast
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	67 km	East
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rhoose

Type of weather in Rhoose	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam