Nether Handwick

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0281,Lat: 56.5661
Elevation	273 meter above sea level
Local time	20:56:16pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Angus
Name	Kirriemuir and Dean

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Milton	2.4 km	NorthEast
2 Wester Denoon	2.5 km	NorthWest
3 Charleston	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Coldstream	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Kirkton of Auchterhouse	4.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	114 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	284 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	286 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 20.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 103.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 145 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 42%, hill: 58%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 72 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 13 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.4 km2

6.9%

Nature

21.9 km2

27.8%

Agriculture

51.3 km2

65.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Nether Handwick in country Scotland

Nether Handwick 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	67 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	111 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkton of Auchterhouse

Type of weather in Kirkton of Auchterhouse	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam