- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 28 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport75 km
- NCL Newcastle International Airport78 km
About Shidlaw Tower
Shidlaw Tower is a landmark. Location: Carham, Northumberland. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (75 km). Nearby sights include Wark on Tweed Castle and Shidlaw Hill.
Photos of Shidlaw Tower
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Wark on Tweed Castle Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Cornhill Castle Norman MacKillop · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Shidlaw Tower
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 91 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- October (94 mm)
- Driest month
- April (56 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 8° | 6° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 91 | 66 | 72 | 56 | 61 | 62 | 68 | 84 | 82 | 94 | 91 | 87 |
How to get to Shidlaw Tower
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 75 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 65 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 75 kmnorthwest
- Newcastle International Airport (NCL) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 78 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 101 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 65 kmnorthwest
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 87 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 101 kmnorthwest
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 101 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 125 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Shidlaw Tower
Within 100 km: 533 historic and cultural sites, 1,728 natural sites, 452 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km246 places
- Cocklawburn Beach Beach 25 kmNE
- Wooden Anna Island 8 kmSW
- Dreeper Island Island 10 kmNE
- Kippie Island Island 10 kmNE
25–60 km913 places
- Gullane Beach Beach 55 kmNW
- Seacliff Beach Beach 50 kmNW
- Cheswick Sands Beach 25 kmE
- Longhoughton Beach Beach 51 kmSE
60–100 km1,554 places
- Burntisland Beach Beach 74 kmNW
- Cramond beach Beach 72 kmNW
- Portobello Beach Beach 61 kmNW
- Saint Mary’s Island Island 84 kmSE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Wark on Tweed Castle Historic site, Carham2 km E
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Shidlaw Hill Mountain, Carham0.7 km SE
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Cornhill Castle Historic site, Cornhill-on-Tweed5.4 km E
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Coldstream Priory Historic site, The Scottish Borders4.1 km E
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Saint Mary's Convent Historic site, The Scottish Borders4.7 km NW
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Hirsel Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.6 km NE
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Twizell Castle Historic site, Duddo9.2 km NE -
Mindrum Tower Landmark, Carham7 km SE
Nearest towns and villages
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Carham Village, Carham0.6 km SW
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Coldstream Village, The Scottish Borders4 km E -
Wark Village, Carham2.1 km E
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Birgham Village, The Scottish Borders1.4 km W
Sources & licences
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