Tingwall

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.046,Lat: 59.0891
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	21:43:06pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hackland	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Redland	3.1 km	NorthWest
3 Gorseness	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Isbister	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Stenso	4.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	374 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	383 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	532 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Tingwall lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 9.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 4.9 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 370.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 518 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 84%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 351 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.7 km2

26.6%

Wet nature

7.1 km2

15%

Agriculture

27.8 km2

58.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tingwall in country Scotland

Tingwall at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	13 km	SouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	345 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	350 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orkney Islands

Type of weather in Orkney Islands	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	15 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:04 Europe/Amsterdam