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Corston

Corston

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1949,Lat: 59.0569
Elevation	64 meter above sea level
Local time	21:19:07pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland
Other place with same name 1	Corston England - Wiltshire
Other place with same name 2	Corston England - Bath and North East Somerset

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corrigall	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Mirbister	1 km	NorthWest
3 Brough	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Dounby	2.6 km	NorthWest
5 Beaquoy	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	369 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	382 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	526 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 1.9 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 4.4 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 368.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 515 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 84%, hill: 2%, 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 347 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 20 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

13.3 km2

16.9%

Wet nature

15.5 km2

19.7%

Agriculture

42.3 km2

53.9%

Water - Lakes

7.4 km2

9.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Corston in country Scotland

Corston 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	6.8 km	South
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	341 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	344 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromness	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 20 January 2026:	7 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	09:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:01 Europe/Amsterdam