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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: -2.5148,Lat: 53.5373
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	16:37:38pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Metropolitan District)	Bolton
Name	Westhoughton South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hart Common	2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Atherton	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 Hindley	2.9 km	West
4 Hunger Hill	2.9 km	NorthEast
5 Chew Moor	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	147 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	232 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	250 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Longdendale (0.6 km² at a distance of 37.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 46.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 26 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

2.4 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

42.9 km2

54.8%

Urban area

29.4 km2

37.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westhoughton in country England

Westhoughton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	35 km	WestSouthWest
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	37 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Westhoughton

Type of weather in Westhoughton	moderate rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam