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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: -3.3804,Lat: 51.7531
Elevation	268 meter above sea level
Local time	9:17:02am
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Merthyr Tudful#Merthyr Tydfil
Name	Park

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Winchfawr	2.6 km	West
2 Vaynor	3.4 km	North
3 Abercanaid	3.4 km	South
4 Pentrebach	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Pontsticill	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	31 km	SouthSouthEast
2 London	England	232 km	EastSouthEast
3 Dublin	Ireland	263 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 33 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pontsticill Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pen y Fan with a height of 886 meter (at a distance of 15.1 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 32.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 8%, hill: 91%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 136 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.1 km2

15.3%

Nature

31.1 km2

39.5%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

14.6 km2

18.6%

Urban area

14.9 km2

19%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merthyr Tydfil in country Wales

Merthyr Tydfil 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	82 km	SouthEast
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	115 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Merthyr Tydfil

Type of weather in Merthyr Tydfil	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:45 Europe/Amsterdam