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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: -3.2217,Lat: 55.8321
Elevation	179 meter above sea level
Local time	11:46:12am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Midlothian
Name	Penicuik

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Howgate	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Silverburn	3.1 km	West
3 Easter Howgate	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Woodhouselee	4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Roslin	4.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	63 km	West
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	203 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	221 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Gladhouse Reservoir (1.8 km² at a distance of 8.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 59.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 25%, hill: 75%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 16 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.8 km2

10%

Nature

17.6 km2

22.4%

Wet nature

5.2 km2

6.6%

Agriculture

40.3 km2

51.3%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.8%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Penicuik in country Scotland

Penicuik 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	13 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 km	NorthNorthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	40 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Penicuik
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Penicuik

Type of weather in Penicuik	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:57 Europe/Amsterdam