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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.9661,Lat: 50.6118
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	14:58:06pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Purbeck
Name	Swanage North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Langton Matravers	2.5 km	West
2 Studland	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Harman's Cross	4.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Worth Matravers	5.4 km	West
5 Kingston	6.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	131 km	NorthNorthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	135 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	152 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Swanage lies at the English Channel (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 91 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 124.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 174 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 138 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bournemouth Airport (at a distance of 21 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

7.7%

Nature

4.2 km2

10.4%

Agriculture

28.9 km2

72.2%

Urban area

2.7 km2

6.8%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swanage in country England

Swanage at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	64 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	73 km	WestNorthWest
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	90 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Swanage

Type of weather in Swanage	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam