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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.8921,Lat: 52.9889
Elevation	175 meter above sea level
Local time	18:03:59pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Staffordshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Staffordshire Moorlands
Name	Alton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Farley	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Alton	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ramshorn	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Oakamoor	2.4 km	NorthWest
5 Bradley In The Moors	2.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	188 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	215 km	NorthWest
3 London	England	223 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 83 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Wales.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Tittesworth Reservoir (0.7 km² at a distance of 17.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 55.9 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 78 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 65%, hill: 35%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 48 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 42 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10 km2

12.7%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

58.1 km2

74%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alton Towers in country England

Alton Towers at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	27 km	East
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	39 km	NorthWest
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bradley in the Moors

Type of weather in Bradley in the Moors	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam