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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: -1.7648,Lat: 53.5623
Elevation	277 meter above sea level
Local time	17:34:46pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Metropolitan District)	Kirklees
Name	Holme Valley South
Other place with same name 1	Scholes England - Leeds

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jackson Bridge	0.7 km	East
2 Totties	0.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Hepworth	1 km	SouthEast
4 Hole Bottom	1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Washpit	1.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	190 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	249 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	274 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 67 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Torside Reservoir (0.6 km² at a distance of 11.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 87.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 16%, hill: 84%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 35 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.2 km2

Nature

8.4 km2

10.7%

Wet nature

3 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

55 km2

70%

Urban area

7.5 km2

9.5%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scholes in country England

Scholes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	31 km	North
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	51 km	SouthWest
3 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	62 km	South

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Holmfirth

Type of weather in Holmfirth	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:01 Europe/Amsterdam