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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.139,Lat: 53.2229
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	9:54:49am
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Gwynedd#Gwynedd
Name	Hendre

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Llandegfan	2 km	North
2 Menai Bridge	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Llandegai	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Glasinfryn	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Tal-Y-Bont	3.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	107 km	North
2 Dublin	Ireland	143 km	WestNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	193 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Bangor lies at the Irish Sea (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western Wales. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Padarn (0.8 km² at a distance of 9.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Snowdon with a height of 1085 meter (at a distance of 17.6 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 69.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 97 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 125 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Anglesey Airport (at a distance of 27 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.5 km2

9.2%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.4%

Wet nature

4 km2

5.7%

Agriculture

46.9 km2

66.6%

Urban area

8.6 km2

12.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bangor in country Wales

Bangor at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	12 km	South
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	13 km	SouthWest
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	76 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Bangor
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	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bangor

Type of weather in Bangor	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	16 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:14 Europe/Amsterdam