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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: -3.6275,Lat: 51.2183
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	17:59:17pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Somerset
Name	Porlock and District

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Porlockford	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 West Porlock	1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Porlock	2.6 km	SouthEast
4 Bossington	3.3 km	East
5 West Lynch	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	44 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	212 km	South
3 London	England	245 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Porlock Weir lies at the Bristol Channel (direction East).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 19.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 81.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 114 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 28%, hill: 68%, 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 189 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.9 km2

27.2%

Nature

11.9 km2

25.2%

Wet nature

1 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

43.6%

Urban area

0.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porlock Weir in country England

Porlock Weir at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	73 km	NorthEast
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	73 km	SouthSouthEast
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	90 km	East

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:19 Europe/Amsterdam