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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: -3.1456,Lat: 56.1648
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	18:07:19pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Fife
Name	Glenrothes Central and Thornton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Coaltown of Balgonie	2.3 km	NorthEast
2 Coaltown of Wemyss	3.8 km	SouthEast
3 West Wemyss	4 km	SouthEast
4 Glenrothes	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Markinch	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	79 km	WestSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	240 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	249 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Leven (13.7 km² at a distance of 11.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 77.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 108 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southern 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 28 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5 km2

6.6%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

45.1 km2

59.2%

Urban area

20.2 km2

26.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thornton in country Scotland

Thornton 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	24 km	SouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	24 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	69 km	SouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thornton

Type of weather in Thornton	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:00 Europe/Amsterdam