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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.8898,Lat: 55.8878
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	2:05:55am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Inverclyde
Name	Inverclyde South West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Langhouse	2.1 km	NorthEast
2 Skelmorlie	2.2 km	South
3 Inverkip	2.8 km	NorthEast
4 Ardgowan	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Cluniter	4.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	42 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	159 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	195 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Wemyss Bay lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Thom (1.5 km² at a distance of 5.9 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 148.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 208 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 75%, hill: 22%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 29 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 47 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.3 km2

20.3%

Nature

7.7 km2

19%

Wet nature

8.5 km2

21%

Agriculture

12.5 km2

30.6%

Urban area

3 km2

7.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wemyss Bay in country Scotland

Wemyss Bay 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	74 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	94 km	East
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	105 km	East

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Inverkip

Type of weather in Inverkip	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	989 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	09:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam