Careston

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.7635,Lat: 56.7349
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	14:16:33pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Angus
Name	Brechin and Edzell

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lochty	2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Netherton	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mains of Balhall	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 West Muir	3.6 km	East
5 Balnamoon	3.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	139 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	308 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	311 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 27.4 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 112.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 157 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 96%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly southern 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 95 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 35 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4 km2

5.1%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

74.3 km2

94.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Careston in country Scotland

Careston 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	91 km	SouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	92 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	135 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brechin

Type of weather in Brechin	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam