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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: -2.5805,Lat: 51.1777
Elevation	127 meter above sea level
Local time	16:36:52pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mendip
Name	Croscombe and Pilton
Other place with same name 1	West Compton England - Dorset

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pilton	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 East Compton	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Worminster	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Croscombe	2.4 km	North
5 Shepton Mallet	2.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	55 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	173 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	192 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction West).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 15.8 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Mendip Hills with a height of 305 meter (at a distance of 10.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 51.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 73 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 87%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 151 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

73.6 km2

93.6%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.3%

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 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	27 km	NorthEast
2 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53 km	East
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	60 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shepton Mallet

Type of weather in Shepton Mallet	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:15 Europe/Amsterdam