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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2006,Lat: 55.8109
Elevation	193 meter above sea level
Local time	13:24:57pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Midlothian
Name	Penicuik

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Penicuik	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Leadburn	2.9 km	SouthWest
3 Silverburn	4.9 km	NorthWest
4 Roslin	5.7 km	NorthEast
5 Easter Howgate	5.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	65 km	West
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	202 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	220 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Gladhouse Reservoir (1.8 km² at a distance of 6.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 57.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 16%, hill: 84%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 19 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.6 km2

11%

Nature

15.5 km2

19.7%

Wet nature

7.3 km2

9.3%

Agriculture

41.8 km2

53.2%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Howgate in country Scotland

Howgate at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	16 km	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	24 km	NorthNorthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	40 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Howgate
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Penicuik

Type of weather in Penicuik	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam