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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: -2.6177,Lat: 50.7461
Elevation	155 meter above sea level
Local time	1:40:58am
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Dorset
Name	Maiden Newton
Other place with same name 1	West Compton England - Somerset

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wynford Eagle	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Compton Valence	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Toller Fratrum	3.5 km	NorthEast
4 Toller Porcorum	3.6 km	North
5 Askerswell	3.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	93 km	NorthNorthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	144 km	South
3 St Helier	Jersey	176 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 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 60.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 99.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 92%, hill: 8%, 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 171 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

75.4 km2

96%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of West Compton in country England

West Compton 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	27 km	West
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	73 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	74 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Askerswell

Type of weather in Askerswell	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	09:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:06 Europe/Amsterdam