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Gritley

Gritley

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.7611,Lat: 58.9305
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	21:41:10pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Snippigar	0.7 km	SouthWest
2 Grindigar	2 km	EastNorthEast
3 North Halley	2.8 km	North
4 Skaill	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Upper Sanday	2.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	361 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	407 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	522 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gritley lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 26.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 350.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 490 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 335 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 8.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.9 km2

5.9%

Agriculture

30 km2

94.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gritley in country Scotland

Gritley 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	26 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	329 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	334 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 15 May 2026:	16 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	05:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:33 Europe/Amsterdam