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Thornton

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9814,Lat: 56.6075
Elevation	94 meter above sea level
Local time	14:05:08pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Angus
Name	Kirriemuir and Dean
Other place with same name 1	Thornton Scotland - Fife
Other place with same name 2	Thornton England - Northumberland
Other place with same name 3	Thornton England - Middlesbrough
Other place with same name 4	Thornton England - Lancashire
Other place with same name 5	Thornton England - East Riding of Yorkshire
Other place with same name 6	Thornton England - Bradford
Other place with same name 7	Thornton England - Sefton
Other place with same name 8	Thornton England - Lincolnshire
Other place with same name 9	Thornton England - Leicestershire
Other place with same name 10	Thornton England - Buckinghamshire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Glamis	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Charleston	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Foffarty	1.9 km	SouthEast
4 Douglastown	2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Kirkton	2.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	119 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	289 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	292 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 18.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 106.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 149 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 84%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly northern 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 77 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 18 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.4 km2

8.2%

Nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

65.8 km2

83.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thornton in country Scotland

Thornton 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	72 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	117 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forfar

Type of weather in Forfar	few clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	09:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam