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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.6046,Lat: 54.8118
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	20:43:50pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Wigtown West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Elrig	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Culshabbin	2.7 km	NorthWest
3 Barrachan	3.4 km	East
4 Mochrum	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Alticry	4.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	73 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	88 km	West
3 Glasgow	Scotland	113 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Grannoch (1 km² at a distance of 28.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 101 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 141 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 77 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.5 km2

16.5%

Nature

9.3 km2

13.3%

Wet nature

4.7 km2

6.7%

Agriculture

43.5 km2

62.2%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Loch Head in country Scotland

Loch Head at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	105 km	EastSouthEast
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	109 km	NorthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	129 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Newton Stewart

Type of weather in Newton Stewart	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:44 Europe/Amsterdam