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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8053,Lat: 56.1529
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	21:41:01pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Clackmannanshire
Name	Clackmannanshire North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Menstrie	2.6 km	West
2 Fishcross	2.7 km	SouthEast
3 Alloa	4 km	South
4 Tullibody	4.1 km	SouthWest
5 Tillicoultry	4.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	48 km	SouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	220 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	227 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Carron Valley Reservoir (4.1 km² at a distance of 21 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 108.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 152 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 48%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 35 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 59 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.4%

Nature

33 km2

42%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

32.5%

Urban area

12.9 km2

16.4%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alva in country Scotland

Alva at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	31 km	SouthEast
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	43 km	SouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alva

Type of weather in Alva	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:00 Europe/Amsterdam