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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8388,Lat: 58.8962
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	9:36:50am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cornquoy	1.5 km	South
2 Foubister	2.5 km	North
3 Upper Sanday	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Graemeshall	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 North Dawn	4.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	356 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	408 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	516 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Braehead lies at the North Sea (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 23.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 347.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 486 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 330 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 7.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.4 km2

12.1%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

30.1 km2

83.7%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Braehead in country Scotland

Braehead at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	23 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	325 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	330 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam