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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.1803,Lat: 50.9895
Elevation	152 meter above sea level
Local time	4:04:19am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	North Dorset
Name	The Beacon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cann Common	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Melbury Abbas	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Shaftesbury	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Compton Abbas	2.7 km	South
5 Guy's Marsh	2.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	90 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	149 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	173 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction South).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 47.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 80 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 80%, hill: 20%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 131 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.9 km2

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

72 km2

91.6%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cann in country England

Cann at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	33 km	EastNorthEast
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	45 km	North
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	65 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shaftesbury

Type of weather in Shaftesbury	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:54 Europe/Amsterdam