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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: -2.9307,Lat: 58.8557
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	11:46:55am
At island	Burray
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray
Other place with same name 1	Hillside Scotland - Shetland Islands
Other place with same name 2	Hillside Scotland - Angus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burray Village	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Northtown	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Southtown	2.2 km	SouthEast
4 Grimness	3.4 km	South
5 St Margaret's Hope	3.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	350 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	409 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	510 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hillside lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 21.8 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Burray. The distance to the mainland is 22.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 343.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 481 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, 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 325 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 11 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.7 km2

10.2%

Agriculture

21.4 km2

81.9%

Urban area

0.6 km2

2.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hillside in country Scotland

Hillside 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	21 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	320 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	325 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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 18 April 2025:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam