Glamis

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0027,Lat: 56.609
Elevation	91 meter above sea level
Local time	5:53:38am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Angus
Name	Kirriemuir and Dean

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Charleston	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Thornton	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Milton	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Foffarty	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Leys of Cossans	3.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	118 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	289 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	291 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 17.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 106.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 150 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 84%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly northern 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 77 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 18 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.4 km2

8.1%

Nature

5.1 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

65.9 km2

83.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glamis in country Scotland

Glamis 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	72 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	116 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Glamis
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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam