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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0114,Lat: 52.4583
Elevation	221 meter above sea level
Local time	8:53:12am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Shropshire
Name	Bishop's Castle

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brockton	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bryn	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Colebatch	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Lower Down	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Cefn Einion	2.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	107 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	213 km	NorthNorthWest
3 London	England	237 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 63 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Wales.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Clywedog (2.3 km² at a distance of 39.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 4.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.9 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 31%, hill: 69%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Shropshire Hills

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.3 km2

13.1%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

67 km2

85.3%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Acton in country England

Acton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	41 km	EastNorthEast
2 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	57 km	North
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	76 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Acton

Type of weather in Acton	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:05 Europe/Amsterdam