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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: -3.6887,Lat: 55.8663
Elevation	152 meter above sea level
Local time	21:47:30pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	West Lothian
Name	Whitburn and Blackburn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 East Whitburn	1.8 km	East
2 Longridge	2.6 km	South
3 Armadale	3.5 km	North
4 Harthill	3.9 km	West
5 Stoneyburn	4.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	35 km	West
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	197 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	201 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Cobbinshaw Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 9.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 88.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 68%, hill: 32%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 22 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 70 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.4 km2

6.8%

Nature

13.2 km2

16.8%

Wet nature

2 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

51.2%

Urban area

15.8 km2

20.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Whitburn in country Scotland

Whitburn 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	23 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	24 km	EastNorthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	31 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Whitburn

Type of weather in Whitburn	few clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:46 Europe/Amsterdam