Hotels at Leuchars booking.com

Leuchars

Leuchars

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8818,Lat: 56.3805
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	6:47:48am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Fife
Name	Tay Bridgehead

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 St Michaels	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Guardbridge	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Balmullo	2.8 km	West
4 Kincaple	2.9 km	South
5 Lucklawhill	3.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	106 km	WestSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	268 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	277 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Leuchars lies at the North Sea (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Leven (13.7 km² at a distance of 35.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 81.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 115 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 28%, low location: 72%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 57 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.9 km2

11.6%

Nature

5.9 km2

7.7%

Wet nature

8.1 km2

10.6%

Agriculture

45.9 km2

60%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Infrastructure

2.8 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leuchars in country Scotland

Leuchars 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	52 km	SouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53 km	SouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	98 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Leuchars
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Leuchars
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leuchars

Type of weather in Leuchars	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 15 November 2025:	8 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	08:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:02 Europe/Amsterdam