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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.4389,Lat: 54.8133
Elevation	332 meter above sea level
Local time	20:21:36pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Cumbria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Eden
Name	Alston Moor

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Raise	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bayles	2 km	SouthWest
3 Ayle	2.9 km	North
4 Leadgate	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Nenthall	3.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	151 km	WestSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	158 km	NorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	226 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 40 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northumbria. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Cow Green Reservoir (2.6 km² at a distance of 16.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 41.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 88%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
North Pennines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 140 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.7%

Nature

36.1 km2

46%

Wet nature

15.3 km2

19.5%

Agriculture

24.8 km2

31.6%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alston in country England

Alston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	23 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	EastSouthEast
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at United Kingdom

Type of weather in United Kingdom	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	08:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:58 Europe/Amsterdam