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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: -2.9982,Lat: 52.4925
Elevation	188 meter above sea level
Local time	16:30:13pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Unitary Authority)	Shropshire
Name	Bishop's Castle

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Colebatch	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lydham	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Lea	3 km	East
4 Brockton	3.1 km	South
5 Snead	3.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	111 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	210 km	NorthNorthWest
3 London	England	238 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 40.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 2.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 48%, hill: 52%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 85 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.7 km2

7.3%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

71.9 km2

91.5%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bishop's Castle in country England

Bishop's Castle 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	39 km	EastNorthEast
2 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54 km	North
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lydham

Type of weather in Lydham	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:11 Europe/Amsterdam