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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: -3.0666,Lat: 51.7219
Elevation	259 meter above sea level
Local time	22:14:02pm
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Tor-faen#Torfaen
Name	Abersychan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Snatchwood	0.5 km	SouthEast
2 Fairfield	0.6 km	North
3 Abersychan	0.6 km	NorthEast
4 Waterloo	0.8 km	North
5 Freehold Land	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	26 km	SouthSouthWest
2 London	England	210 km	EastSouthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	256 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Llandegfedd Reservoir (2.1 km² at a distance of 6.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 21.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 20%, hill: 75%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 122 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cardiff International Airport (at a distance of 41 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.4 km2

18.3%

Nature

24 km2

30.6%

Agriculture

27.5 km2

35%

Urban area

10.8 km2

13.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pen-Twyn in country Wales

Pen-Twyn 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	6.3 km	North
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	62 km	SouthEast
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	105 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torfaen County Borough

Type of weather in Torfaen County Borough	clear sky
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam