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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: -3.2961,Lat: 51.7362
Elevation	311 meter above sea level
Local time	4:16:58am
Name province/region (Country)	Wales
Wiki-website Subregion (Unitary Authority)	Caerffili#Caerphilly
Name	Darren Valley

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pontlottyn	1.7 km	NorthEast
2 Abertysswg	2.6 km	East
3 Rhymney	2.8 km	NorthEast
4 Bedlinog	3.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Deri	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	27 km	South
2 London	England	226 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 28 km (direction SouthEast).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 NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pen y Fan with a height of 886 meter (at a distance of 19.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest).One of the mountains in Brecon Beacons The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 29.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 95%, The hills are mainly western 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 133 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cardiff International Airport (at a distance of 38 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.5%

Nature

41.7 km2

53.1%

Wet nature

2.9 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

19.9 km2

25.3%

Urban area

9.4 km2

12%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fochriw in country Wales

Fochriw 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	15 km	East
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	76 km	SouthEast
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	114 km	NorthEast

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