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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.367,Lat: 51.7234
Elevation	215 meter above sea level
Local time	17:12:10pm
Name province/region (Country)	Wales
Wiki-website Subregion (Unitary Authority)	Merthyr Tudful#Merthyr Tydfil
Name	Plymouth

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pentrebach	0.7 km	East
2 Merthyr Tydfil	3.4 km	North
3 Aberfan	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Winchfawr	4.3 km	NorthWest
5 Bedlinog	4.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	28 km	SouthSouthEast
2 London	England	230 km	EastSouthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	260 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pontsticill Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 8.2 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pen y Fan with a height of 886 meter (at a distance of 18.5 km and direction North).One of the mountains in Brecon Beacons The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 33.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 23%, hill: 77%, 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 nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 137 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.6 km2

18.6%

Nature

28.1 km2

35.8%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

11.3 km2

14.4%

Urban area

19.8 km2

25.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Abercanaid in country Wales

Abercanaid at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	20 km	East
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	SouthEast
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	117 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Abercanaid

Type of weather in Abercanaid	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	8 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	09:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:06 Europe/Amsterdam