Hotels at Horwich booking.com

Horwich

Booking.com

Horwich

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.5369,Lat: 53.5911
Elevation	165 meter above sea level
Local time	16:12:19pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Metropolitan District)	Bolton
Name	Horwich North East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Blackrod	2.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Grimeford Village	3.5 km	NorthWest
3 Chew Moor	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Aspull	4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Rivington	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	142 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	237 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	248 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Longdendale (0.6 km² at a distance of 40 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 50.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 70 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 75%, hill: 25%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 32 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.3%

Nature

5.3 km2

6.8%

Wet nature

6.9 km2

8.8%

Agriculture

43.6 km2

55.5%

Urban area

16.4 km2

20.9%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horwich in country England

Horwich 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	37 km	WestSouthWest
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	43 km	South
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	57 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Horwich
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Horwich
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horwich

Type of weather in Horwich	light rain
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam