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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5394,Lat: 54.5968
Elevation	96 meter above sea level
Local time	3:22:06am
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Cumbria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Copeland
Name	Distington

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Common End	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Winscales	1.7 km	NorthEast
3 Grayson Green	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Pica	2.1 km	SouthEast
5 Workington	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	78 km	WestSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	141 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	154 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Ennerdale Water (2.9 km² at a distance of 11.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 53.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 75 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 94%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 151 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.9%

Nature

5.2 km2

8.2%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

44.6 km2

69.9%

Urban area

10.1 km2

15.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Distington in country England

Distington at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	32 km	SouthEast
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75 km	EastNorthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	120 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Distington

Type of weather in Distington	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	09:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:48 Europe/Amsterdam