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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0205,Lat: 53.5493
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	4:22:42am
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Lancashire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Lancashire
Name	Aughton and Downholland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carr Houses	2.6 km	South
2 Lady Green	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ince Blundell	3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Formby	3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Haskayne	3.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	118 km	NorthWest
2 Dublin	Ireland	217 km	West
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	223 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Brenig (3.9 km² at a distance of 59.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 32 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 73%, low location: 27%, 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.3%

Nature

2 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

1.7 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

59.1 km2

75.3%

Urban area

8.1 km2

10.4%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Rock-Sand

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Great Altcar in country England

Great Altcar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	16 km	South
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	SouthEast
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	65 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ince Blundell

Type of weather in Ince Blundell	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	09:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:52 Europe/Amsterdam