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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: -2.4826,Lat: 53.5047
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	2:08:56am
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Metropolitan District)	Wigan
Name	Leigh East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Blackmoor	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tyldesley	2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Leigh	2.3 km	West
4 Astley	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Atherton	2.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	150 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	228 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	252 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Longdendale (0.6 km² at a distance of 34.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 45.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 63 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 22 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (at a distance of 31 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.6%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

45.1 km2

57.4%

Urban area

26 km2

33.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Higher Folds in country England

Higher Folds 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	32 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	36 km	West
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tyldesley

Type of weather in Tyldesley	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	09:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:50 Europe/Amsterdam