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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: -2.5609,Lat: 50.6708
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	7:24:43am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Dorset
Name	Chesil Bank

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rodden	2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbotsbury	2.8 km	West
3 Littlebredy	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Langton Herring	3.7 km	South
5 Winterbourne Steepleton	4.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	102 km	NorthNorthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	136 km	South
3 St Helier	Jersey	167 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Cheddar Reservoir (0.7 km² at a distance of 69.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 108.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 152 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 94%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Dorset

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 172 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

68.9 km2

94%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portesham in country England

Portesham 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	31 km	WestNorthWest
2 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	77 km	NorthEast
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chickerell

Type of weather in Chickerell	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam