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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.1677,Lat: 50.9792
Elevation	154 meter above sea level
Local time	4:12:18am
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	North Dorset
Name	The Beacon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cann Common	1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Cann	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Compton Abbas	1.8 km	SouthWest
4 Charlton	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Twyford	3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	91 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	149 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	172 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 29 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 49 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 81.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 114 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 80%, hill: 20%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 131 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bournemouth Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.9 km2

7.5%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

69.9 km2

89%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melbury Abbas in country England

Melbury Abbas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	33 km	NorthEast
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	47 km	North
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	65 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shaftesbury

Type of weather in Shaftesbury	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	09:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:03 Europe/Amsterdam