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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: -2.9214,Lat: 54.9248
Elevation	32 meter above sea level
Local time	20:58:03pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cumbria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carlisle
Name	Stanwix Rural

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Linstock	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Harker	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Low Harker	2.5 km	NorthWest
4 Blackford	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Crosby-on-Eden	3.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	128 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	132 km	WestSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	197 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Bassenthwaite Lake (5.1 km² at a distance of 34.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 11.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 118 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

56.7 km2

72.2%

Urban area

14.9 km2

19%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houghton in country England

Houghton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 km	East
2 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	51 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	88 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Houghton
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carlisle

Type of weather in Carlisle	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	16 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:08 Europe/Amsterdam