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General information - Location

Crown Dependency	Isle of Man (British Crown Dependency)
Part of	British Islands (not UK)
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.4022,Lat: 54.2309
Elevation	85 meter above sea level
Local time	11:08:57am
Population	2000 (6th largest city in country)
At island	Man

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	9.5 km	SouthWest
2 Ramsey	9.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Snugborough	10.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Sulby	11.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Glen Vine	11.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	9.5 km	SouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	107 km	NorthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	159 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Laxey lies at the Irish Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Ennerdale Water (2.9 km² at a distance of 72.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 49%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 126 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Isle of Man Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

Nature

24.7 km2

45.4%

Agriculture

26.6 km2

48.8%

Urban area

1 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laxey in country Isle-of-man

Laxey at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	90 km	East
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	122 km	South
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	125 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carlingford Shore SAC	IE	113 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Laxey
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laxey

Type of weather in Laxey	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:09 Europe/Amsterdam