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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.4379,Lat: 54.7585
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	17:46:55pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Mid Galloway

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cults	2.9 km	East
2 Whithorn	3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sorbie	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Glasserton	4.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Big Balcraig	5.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	67 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	98 km	West
3 Glasgow	Scotland	117 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Grannoch (1 km² at a distance of 27.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 92.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 129 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 115 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Isle of Man Airport (at a distance of 76 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.2 km2

7.9%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

69.5 km2

88.8%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castlewigg in country Scotland

Castlewigg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	93 km	EastSouthEast
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	109 km	NorthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	121 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gatehouse of Fleet

Type of weather in Gatehouse of Fleet	heavy intensity rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam