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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.8097,Lat: 55.6488
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	16:55:06pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	North Ayrshire
Name	Ardrossan and Arran

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saltcoats	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Stevenston	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 West Kilbride	5.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Gill	5.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Dalgarven	6.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	40 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	138 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	168 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ardrossan lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Barcraigs Reservoir (1 km² at a distance of 20.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 129.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 181 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 84%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 34 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.5 km2

5.9%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

6.2%

Agriculture

26.8 km2

63.8%

Urban area

8.5 km2

20.3%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ardrossan in country Scotland

Ardrossan 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	64 km	East
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	97 km	EastNorthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	105 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ardrossan

Type of weather in Ardrossan	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	15 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:14 Europe/Amsterdam