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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: -3.6313,Lat: 55.6238
Elevation	204 meter above sea level
Local time	19:16:41pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	South Lanarkshire
Name	Clydesdale East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Covington	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Quothquan	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Symington	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Shieldhill	4.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Wolfclyde	4.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	43 km	NorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	172 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	186 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 45 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Cobbinshaw Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 19.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 73.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 103 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 91%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Central Southern Uplands

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 62 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.5%

Nature

22.4 km2

28.5%

Agriculture

52.3 km2

66.6%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thankerton in country Scotland

Thankerton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	10 km	NorthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	45 km	NorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	45 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Biggar

Type of weather in Biggar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	16 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:26 Europe/Amsterdam