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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: -3.6093,Lat: 55.1162
Elevation	45 meter above sea level
Local time	6:51:05am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Lochar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Locharbriggs	2.1 km	SouthEast
2 Duncow	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Heathhall	3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Tinwald	3.1 km	East
5 Amisfield	3.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	86 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	121 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	160 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Daer Reservoir (2.2 km² at a distance of 24.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 36.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 94 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.6%

Nature

6.6 km2

8.4%

Agriculture

61.5 km2

78.4%

Urban area

5.7 km2

7.3%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

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 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	62 km	North
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	EastSouthEast
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	79 km	SouthSouthEast

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 Locharbriggs

Type of weather in Locharbriggs	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam