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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: -3.7684,Lat: 55.9727
Elevation	139 meter above sea level
Local time	2:31:23am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Falkirk
Name	Upper Braes
Other place with same name 1	Shieldhill Scotland - South Lanarkshire
Other place with same name 2	Shieldhill Scotland - Dumfries and Galloway

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 California	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Reddingmuirhead	1.7 km	East
3 Blackbraes	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Wallacestone	2.2 km	East
5 Westquarter	2.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	35 km	WestSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	206 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	208 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction East). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Carron Valley Reservoir (4.1 km² at a distance of 19.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 97.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 136 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 90%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 25 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 71 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.3 km2

4.2%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.9%

Wet nature

4.7 km2

Agriculture

48.4 km2

61.6%

Urban area

18.3 km2

23.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shieldhill in country Scotland

Shieldhill 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	24 km	East
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	34 km	EastSouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	35 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Shieldhill
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	988 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam