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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.9718,Lat: 54.8968
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	9:29:14am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Wigtown West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Castle Kennedy	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Stranraer	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Innermessan	3.6 km	North
4 Whiteleys	3.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Lochans	4.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	70 km	WestSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	88 km	South
3 Glasgow	Scotland	111 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Dee (0.9 km² at a distance of 41.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 122 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 171 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 89%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is George Best Belfast City Airport (at a distance of 66 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.4 km2

8.9%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.8%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

50.8 km2

70.5%

Urban area

3.7 km2

5.1%

Infrastructure

2.6 km2

3.6%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aird in country Scotland

Aird at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	104 km	NorthWest
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	114 km	NorthEast
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	130 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stranraer

Type of weather in Stranraer	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam