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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: -2.5979,Lat: 53.5212
Elevation	61 meter above sea level
Local time	8:23:09am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Wigan
Name	Abram

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ince-In-Makerfield	0.9 km	NorthWest
2 Bamfurlong	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 Abram	1.7 km	South
4 Bickershaw	2.3 km	SouthEast
5 Wigan	2.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	143 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	229 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	245 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 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 42.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 41.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 29 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (at a distance of 27 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.1%

Nature

2 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

3.2 km2

4.1%

Agriculture

32.8 km2

41.8%

Urban area

32.7 km2

41.6%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Platt Bridge in country England

Platt Bridge at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	29 km	WestSouthWest
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	64 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wigan

Type of weather in Wigan	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam