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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: -4.0888,Lat: 55.9564
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	13:31:44pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	East Dunbartonshire
Name	Kirkintilloch East and Twechar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Queenzieburn	1.9 km	North
2 Croy	3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Kilsyth	3 km	NorthEast
4 Birdston	4.3 km	West
5 Milton of Campsie	4.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	20 km	SouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	192 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	202 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 24 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Carron Valley Reservoir (4.1 km² at a distance of 7.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 115.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 162 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 89%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 23 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 60 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4 km2

Nature

10.5 km2

13.4%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

44.9 km2

57.2%

Urban area

15.1 km2

19.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Twechar in country Scotland

Twechar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44 km	East
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Twechar
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kilsyth

Type of weather in Kilsyth	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:01 Europe/Amsterdam