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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: -1.4706,Lat: 54.8403
Elevation	95 meter above sea level
Local time	22:03:49pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Sunderland
Name	Houghton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 High Dubmire	1.6 km	West
2 Newbottle	1.8 km	North
3 Fence Houses	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Hetton-Le-Hole	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 East Rainton	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	205 km	NorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	209 km	West
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	288 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northumbria. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Derwent Reservoir (4 km² at a distance of 31.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 80.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 172 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Newcastle Airport (at a distance of 26 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

54.5 km2

69.4%

Urban area

18.9 km2

24.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houghton-Le-Spring in country England

Houghton-Le-Spring at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	10 km	SouthWest
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	74 km	WestNorthWest
3 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	81 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Houghton-Le-Spring

Type of weather in Houghton-Le-Spring	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	16 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:02 Europe/Amsterdam