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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: -1.56,Lat: 54.7784
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	16:53:29pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Unitary Authority)	County Durham
Name	Elvet and Gilesgate

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Shincliffe	2.2 km	South
2 High Shincliffe	3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sherburn	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Pittington	4.5 km	East
5 Bearpark	4.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	201 km	West
2 Glasgow	Scotland	204 km	NorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	282 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northumbria. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Derwent Reservoir (4 km² at a distance of 27 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 82.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 115 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 166 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Newcastle Airport (at a distance of 30 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

Agriculture

56.6 km2

72%

Urban area

16.9 km2

21.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Durham in country England

Durham at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	71 km	WestNorthWest
3 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	74 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Durham

Type of weather in Durham	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	08:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:55 Europe/Amsterdam