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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.8354,Lat: 52.6106
Elevation	145 meter above sea level
Local time	17:33:37pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Staffordshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lichfield
Name	Shenstone

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Little Hay	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Little Aston	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Shenstone	2.9 km	North
4 Weeford	3.9 km	NorthEast
5 Hardwick	4.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	154 km	SouthWest
2 London	England	187 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	246 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 108 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Wales.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake is Chasewater (0.9 km² at a distance of 9.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 69.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 97 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 18 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

4.9 km2

6.2%

Agriculture

50.5 km2

64.4%

Urban area

14.5 km2

18.4%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Watford Gap in country England

Watford Gap at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	43 km	WestNorthWest
2 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	NorthEast
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	76 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shenstone

Type of weather in Shenstone	broken clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	08:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:06 Europe/Amsterdam