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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9423,Lat: 56.6078
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	10:34:48am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Angus
Name	Kirriemuir and Dean

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Douglastown	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Foffarty	1.3 km	SouthWest
3 Thornton	2.4 km	West
4 Gateside	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Inverarity	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	121 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	290 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	293 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 20.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 104.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 147 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 89%, hill: 11%, 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 78 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

6.3 km2

Nature

2.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

66.2 km2

84.3%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirkton in country Scotland

Kirkton 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	73 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	118 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kirkton
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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	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:55 Europe/Amsterdam