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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.5446,Lat: 50.1199
Elevation	19 meter above sea level
Local time	17:33:37pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Unitary Authority)	Cornwall
Name	Penzance Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Trevarrack	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Newlyn	2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Madron	2.1 km	NorthWest
4 Gulval	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Tredavoe	2.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	226 km	EastNorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	229 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	268 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Penzance lies at the English Channel (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is The Loe/Carminowe Creek (0.7 km² at a distance of 18.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 263.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 368 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 94%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 370 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.5 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

Agriculture

49.5 km2

85%

Urban area

5.5 km2

9.5%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Penzance in country England

Penzance at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	12 km	East
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	192 km	East
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	252 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Penzance

Type of weather in Penzance	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:31 Europe/Amsterdam