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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: -2.5156,Lat: 53.4993
Elevation	46 meter above sea level
Local time	7:40:36am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Wigan
Name	Leigh East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Higher Folds	2.3 km	East
2 Lately Common	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Atherton	3.6 km	NorthEast
4 Bickershaw	3.7 km	NorthWest
5 Blackmoor	3.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	149 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	227 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	250 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 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 36.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 43.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 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 23 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (at a distance of 29 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

3.2 km2

4.1%

Agriculture

43.2 km2

55%

Urban area

27.1 km2

34.5%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leigh in country England

Leigh 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	33 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	33 km	West
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	61 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leigh

Type of weather in Leigh	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:05 Europe/Amsterdam