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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.4633,Lat: 54.8393
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	10:14:22am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Mid Galloway
Other place with same name 1	Braehead Scotland - Orkney Islands
Other place with same name 2	Braehead Scotland - Orkney Islands -
Other place with same name 3	Braehead Scotland - Angus
Other place with same name 4	Braehead Scotland - South Lanarkshire
Other place with same name 5	Braehead Scotland - South Lanarkshire -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kirkinner	0.9 km	South
2 Bladnoch	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Whauphill	2.8 km	SouthWest
4 Wigtown	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Sorbie	5.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	76 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	98 km	West
3 Glasgow	Scotland	108 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Grannoch (1 km² at a distance of 20.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 91.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 128 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 114 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 74 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.3 km2

5.4%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

12.4 km2

15.8%

Agriculture

58.7 km2

74.8%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Infrastructure

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Braehead in country Scotland

Braehead at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	98 km	SouthEast
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	102 km	NorthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	120 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Newton Stewart

Type of weather in Newton Stewart	heavy intensity rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	983 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	7 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	09:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam