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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9432,Lat: 50.8589
Elevation	125 meter above sea level
Local time	16:57:20pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	South Somerset
Name	Tatworth and Forton
Other place with same name 1	Forton England - Lancashire
Other place with same name 2	Forton England - Staffordshire
Other place with same name 3	Forton England - Shropshire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 South Chard	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Chard	2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Chaffcombe	3.5 km	NorthEast
4 Chardstock	3.6 km	SouthWest
5 Winsham	3.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	74 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	160 km	South
3 St Helier	Jersey	194 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Clatworthy Reservoir (0.9 km² at a distance of 37.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 89.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 96%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 186 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

68.3 km2

87%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.8%

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 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	17 km	SouthSouthWest
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	71 km	NorthEast
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chard

Type of weather in Chard	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:17 Europe/Amsterdam