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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: -2.8031,Lat: 52.5379
Elevation	308 meter above sea level
Local time	19:28:50pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Shropshire
Name	Church Stretton and Craven Arms

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 All Stretton	2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Little Stretton	2.2 km	SouthWest
3 Hope Bowdler	2.3 km	SouthEast
4 Hatton	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Minton	3.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	118 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	212 km	NorthNorthWest
3 London	England	230 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 76 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 Efyrnwy (5.5 km² at a distance of 50.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 13 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 18 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 27%, hill: 73%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Shropshire Hills

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Nature

28.7 km2

36.5%

Agriculture

45.3 km2

57.7%

Urban area

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Church Stretton in country England

Church Stretton 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	24 km	EastNorthEast
2 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	North
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	85 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Church Stretton

Type of weather in Church Stretton	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:00 Europe/Amsterdam