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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: -3.1376,Lat: 56.2016
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	2:10:26am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Fife
Name	Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Coaltown of Balgonie	2.1 km	South
2 Glenrothes	2.7 km	West
3 Milton of Balgonie	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Star	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Muirhead	3.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	82 km	WestSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	244 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	252 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Leven (13.7 km² at a distance of 12.1 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 79.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 111 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 98%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 32 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.2 km2

9.2%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

50.9 km2

64.8%

Urban area

16.4 km2

20.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Markinch in country Scotland

Markinch 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	27 km	SouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	29 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	72 km	SouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Markinch

Type of weather in Markinch	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	989 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:36 Europe/Amsterdam