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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: -3.1086,Lat: 54.9913
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	3:47:20am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Annandale East and Eskdale

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gretna	2.8 km	East
2 Gretna Green	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hollee	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Springfield	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Eastriggs	4.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	115 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	128 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	186 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rigg lies at the Irish Sea (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Bassenthwaite Lake (5.1 km² at a distance of 35.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 3.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.5 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly southern 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 108 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

24.3 km2

31%

Agriculture

47.3 km2

60.4%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.4%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rigg in country Scotland

Rigg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	32 km	East
2 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	57 km	South
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gretna

Type of weather in Gretna	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	16 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:25 Europe/Amsterdam