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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: -2.5333,Lat: 50.9839
Elevation	112 meter above sea level
Local time	4:20:53am
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Dorset
Name	Queen Thorne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corton Denham	2.1 km	NorthEast
2 Rimpton	2.1 km	NorthWest
3 Poyntington	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Adber	2.7 km	West
5 Oborne	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	73 km	NorthNorthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	171 km	South
3 London	England	173 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 35 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 37.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 73.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 103 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 154 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

73.1 km2

93.1%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandford Orcas in country England

Sandford Orcas 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	45 km	SouthWest
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	46 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sherborne

Type of weather in Sherborne	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	09:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam