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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.4275,Lat: 57.1119
Elevation	83 meter above sea level
Local time	13:09:20pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Aberdeenshire
Name Electoral Ward	Westhill and District

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Landerberry	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Hirn	2.4 km	SouthWest
3 Schoolhill	2.5 km	East
4 South Kirkton	2.7 km	North
5 Echt	3.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	184 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	354 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	357 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Muick (2 km² at a distance of 47.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 147 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 206 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 84%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly southern 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 142 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aberdeen Dyce Airport (at a distance of 17 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.2 km2

25.8%

Nature

10 km2

12.7%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

47.3 km2

60.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of The Birks in country Scotland

The Birks 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	138 km	SouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	139 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	182 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Banchory

Type of weather in Banchory	moderate rain
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 7 August 2026:	15 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:11 Europe/Amsterdam