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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0396,Lat: 53.2078
Elevation	19 meter above sea level
Local time	15:54:53pm
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Sir y Fflint#Flintshire
Name	Shotton East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aston	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Queensferry	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Connah's Quay	1.8 km	NorthWest
4 Big Mancot	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Pentre	1.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	142 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	191 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	216 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dee. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Brenig (3.9 km² at a distance of 34.1 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 4.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.8 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 57%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.6%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

3.5 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

44.5 km2

56.7%

Urban area

23.4 km2

29.8%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shotton in country Wales

Shotton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	27 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	49 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Shotton
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Queensferry

Type of weather in Queensferry	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam