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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: -1.3113,Lat: 50.7517
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	23:10:50pm
At island	Isle-of-wight
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Isle of Wight
Name	Cowes South and Northwood

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 East Cowes	2 km	East
2 Whippingham	3.1 km	SouthEast
3 Lepe	5.2 km	NorthWest
4 Porchfield	5.5 km	SouthWest
5 Wootton Common	6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	105 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	155 km	NorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	169 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Cowes lies at the English Channel (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South East. The nearest bigger lake is Virginia Water (0.7 km² at a distance of 87.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 136.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 87%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southampton Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

13.2%

Agriculture

28.2 km2

66.6%

Urban area

6.8 km2

16.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cowes in country England

Cowes 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	60 km	NorthNorthWest
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	102 km	NorthWest
3 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	108 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cowes

Type of weather in Cowes	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:53 Europe/Amsterdam