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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: -1.7698,Lat: 50.7642
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	20:25:35pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Christchurch
Name	Burton and Winkton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sopley	1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Neacroft	2.6 km	East
3 Ripley	2.7 km	North
4 Bransgore	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Avon	3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	128 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	132 km	EastNorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	156 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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 85.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 116 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 162 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 48%, low location: 52%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 119 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bournemouth Airport (at a distance of 5.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.6 km2

12.4%

Nature

3.5 km2

4.5%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

39 km2

50.8%

Urban area

19.2 km2

25%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Winkton in country England

Winkton 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	46 km	North
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Christchurch District

Type of weather in Christchurch District	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam