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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: -2.8922,Lat: 55.9443
Elevation	82 meter above sea level
Local time	15:03:41pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	East Lothian
Name	Fa'side

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Macmerry	0.9 km	West
2 Gladsmuir	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 New Winton	2.3 km	SouthWest
4 New Town	2.5 km	South
5 Elvingston	2.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	85 km	West
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	224 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	245 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Whiteadder Reservoir (1.1 km² at a distance of 21.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 48.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 68 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly northern 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 30 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.2%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

64.1 km2

83.7%

Urban area

5.3 km2

6.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Penston in country Scotland

Penston 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	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	32 km	WestNorthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	64 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Macmerry

Type of weather in Macmerry	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 12 July 2025:	17 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:51 Europe/Amsterdam