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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: -2.2131,Lat: 53.3493
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	16:38:56pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Unitary Authority)	Cheshire East
Name	Handforth

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stanley Green	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gillbent	1.4 km	NorthEast
3 Styal	1.9 km	West
4 Heald Green	2.4 km	North
5 Wilmslow	2.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	174 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	216 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	268 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 53 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Longdendale (0.6 km² at a distance of 21.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is High Peak with a height of 636 meter (at a distance of 23 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 50.5 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 71 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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 4.4 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (at a distance of 42 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

33.5 km2

42.6%

Urban area

32.4 km2

41.2%

Infrastructure

5.3 km2

6.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Handforth in country England

Handforth at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	14 km	SouthWest
2 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	WestNorthWest
3 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	60 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wilmslow

Type of weather in Wilmslow	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam