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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: -2.7805,Lat: 53.9554
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	16:19:35pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Lancashire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wyre
Name	Wyresdale
Other place with same name 1	Forton England - Staffordshire
Other place with same name 2	Forton England - Shropshire
Other place with same name 3	Forton England - Somerset

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cockerham	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Scorton	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Street	3.3 km	East
4 Winmarleigh	3.6 km	SouthWest
5 Dolphinholme	3.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	113 km	WestNorthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	216 km	WestNorthWest
3 Glasgow	Scotland	226 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stocks Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 23.3 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 79.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 76%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.5%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

69.4 km2

88.4%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forton in country England

Forton 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	61 km	North
2 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	63 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bay Horse

Type of weather in Bay Horse	light rain
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	08:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam