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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.3655,Lat: 52.7886
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	16:45:24pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Staffordshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Stafford
Name	Gnosall and Woodseaves
Other place with same name 1	Forton England - Lancashire
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 Sutton	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Puleston	2.2 km	NorthWest
3 Weston Jones	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Pickstock	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Edgmond Marsh	3.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	154 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	207 km	NorthNorthWest
3 London	England	225 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 69 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Wales.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Blithfield Reservoir (3.6 km² at a distance of 29.1 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 28.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

70.1 km2

89.2%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

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 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	19 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	50 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Newport

Type of weather in Newport	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:07 Europe/Amsterdam