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Craighead

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.0835,Lat: 57.6298
Elevation	61 meter above sea level
Local time	19:32:05pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Black Isle
Other place with same name 1	Craighead Scotland - Fife

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Glenurquhart	1.5 km	NorthWest
2 Upper Eathie	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Muirton	2.4 km	NorthWest
4 Davidston	2.5 km	North
5 Balmungie	2.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	204 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	358 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	388 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Craighead lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Eye (1.8 km² at a distance of 18.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 237.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 333 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 95%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northern 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 192 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 10 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.1 km2

24.1%

Nature

1.4 km2

Wet nature

2.5 km2

5.4%

Agriculture

30.6 km2

66.3%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Craighead in country Scotland

Craighead at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	162 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	186 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	194 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fortrose

Type of weather in Fortrose	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	09:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam