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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: -3.0057,Lat: 56.7307
Elevation	164 meter above sea level
Local time	2:18:47am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Angus
Name	Kirriemuir and Dean

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cortachy	1.1 km	SouthEast
2 Pearsie	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Inverquharity	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Horniehaugh	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Newmill of Inshewan	3.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	129 km	SouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	301 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	302 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction South). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 12.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 118.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 166 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 43%, hill: 56%, low mountains: 1%, 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 90 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.3 km2

15.6%

Nature

24.9 km2

31.7%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

51.2%

Urban area

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dykehead in country Scotland

Dykehead 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	85 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	88 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	129 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirriemuir

Type of weather in Kirriemuir	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:00 Europe/Amsterdam