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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.1696,Lat: 51.558
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	19:10:47pm
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Abertawe#Swansea
Name	Gower

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oxwich Green	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Penrice	1.3 km	North
3 Horton	2.3 km	West
4 Port-Eynon	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Nicholaston	3.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	69 km	EastSouthEast
2 Dublin	Ireland	244 km	NorthNorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	262 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Oxwich lies at the Celtic Sea (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western Wales. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Usk Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 51.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 89.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 194 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

4.9%

Nature

9 km2

19.6%

Wet nature

2.4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

29.1 km2

63.4%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

2.1 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oxwich in country Wales

Oxwich 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	78 km	East
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	126 km	SouthSouthEast
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	127 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Oxwich
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ilston

Type of weather in Ilston	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:03 Europe/Amsterdam