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Carstairs

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.691,Lat: 55.6965
Elevation	185 meter above sea level
Local time	9:39:48am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	South Lanarkshire
Name	Clydesdale East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ravenstruther	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Carstairs Junction	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 West End	2.7 km	East
4 Harelaw	2.8 km	NorthWest
5 Pettinain	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	36 km	WestNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	179 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	188 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 40 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Cobbinshaw Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 13.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 81.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 114 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 20%, hill: 80%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 35 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 60 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.2 km2

6.6%

Nature

11.5 km2

14.7%

Wet nature

3.8 km2

4.8%

Agriculture

53.3 km2

67.9%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carstairs in country Scotland

Carstairs at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	6.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	39 km	NorthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	41 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carnwath

Type of weather in Carnwath	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 13 April 2026:	13 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam