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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.5623,Lat: 51.0877
Elevation	67 meter above sea level
Local time	19:29:13pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	South Somerset
Name	Cary
Other place with same name 1	Alford Scotland - Aberdeenshire
Other place with same name 2	Alford England - Lincolnshire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lovington	1.6 km	SouthWest
2 Hornblotton Green	2 km	NorthWest
3 Sutton	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 North Barrow	2.8 km	South
5 South Cary	3.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	63 km	NorthNorthWest
2 London	England	173 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	182 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 25.9 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Mendip Hills with a height of 305 meter (at a distance of 20.4 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 62 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 87 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 152 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

75.5 km2

96.2%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alford in country England

Alford at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	36 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	SouthWest
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castle Cary

Type of weather in Castle Cary	mist
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	8 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:05 Europe/Amsterdam