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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: -3.796,Lat: 56.0037
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	12:59:12pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Falkirk
Name	Falkirk North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carron	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Stenhousemuir	2.8 km	North
3 Carronshore	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Larbert	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Laurieston	3.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	35 km	WestSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	208 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	211 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction East). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Carron Valley Reservoir (4.1 km² at a distance of 16.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 100.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 76%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 27 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 69 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.1 km2

6.5%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

42.9 km2

54.6%

Urban area

23.9 km2

30.4%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Falkirk in country Scotland

Falkirk 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	25 km	EastSouthEast
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	37 km	EastSouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Falkirk

Type of weather in Falkirk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	16 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:17 Europe/Amsterdam