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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: -3.5948,Lat: 51.2065
Elevation	78 meter above sea level
Local time	9:33:15am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Somerset
Name	Porlock and District

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 West Luccombe	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Horner	1.5 km	SouthEast
3 West Porlock	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Bossington	1.7 km	NorthEast
5 West Lynch	1.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	44 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	210 km	South
3 London	England	243 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Wimbleball Lake (2.1 km² at a distance of 16.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 80.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 38%, hill: 59%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. 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 188 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.6 km2

25.7%

Nature

16.6 km2

27.3%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

26.6 km2

43.8%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porlock in country England

Porlock at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	73 km	NorthEast
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	88 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Minehead

Type of weather in Minehead	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam