Gallowfauld

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.915,Lat: 56.57
Elevation	149 meter above sea level
Local time	0:57:57am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Angus
Name	Kirriemuir and Dean

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gateside	2 km	North
2 Inverarity	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Carrot	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Todhills	3.8 km	SouthWest
5 Foffarty	4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	119 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	287 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	291 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 24.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 100.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 141 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 70%, hill: 30%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 75 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 15 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

7.1%

Nature

10.9 km2

13.9%

Agriculture

62.1 km2

79%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gallowfauld in country Scotland

Gallowfauld 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	70 km	SouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	72 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	115 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forfar

Type of weather in Forfar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam