- Elevation
- 58 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- GLA Glasgow Airport22 km
- EDI Edinburgh Airport47 km
About Birkenshaw
Birkenshaw is a village. Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elevation: 58 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (22 km). Nearby sights include Rotten Calder and North Calder Water.
Photos of Birkenshaw
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Celtic Park Zhi Yong Lee from Glasgow, UK · CC BY 2.0 -
Cliftonhill Chris Upson · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
New Douglas Park Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland · CC BY 2.0
Climate of Birkenshaw
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 144 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 19°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- January (156 mm)
- Driest month
- April (66 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 3° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 156 | 107 | 116 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 91 | 125 | 147 | 144 | 144 |
How to get to Birkenshaw
The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 22 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 11 km to the west.
Airports
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 22 kmwest
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 47 kmeast
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 48 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 11 kmwest
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 58 kmeast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 99 kmnortheast
- Belfast Population: 348K 181 kmsouthwest
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 184 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Birkenshaw
Within 100 km: 181 historic and cultural sites, 3,686 natural sites, 1,023 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km169 places
- Newshot Island Island 22 kmW
- Spiers Island Island 16 kmNE
- Speirs Island Island 17 kmN
- Long Loch Lake 23 kmSW
25–60 km1,411 places
- Great Cumbrae Island Island 52 kmW
- Ayr Beach Beach 54 kmSW
- Troon Beach Beach 49 kmSW
- Hunterston Sands Beach 52 kmW
60–100 km3,310 places
- Isle of Arran Island 77 kmW
- Portobello Beach Beach 63 kmE
- Gullane Beach Beach 82 kmE
- Seacliff Beach Beach 94 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Rotten Calder River, Scotland0.5 km SW
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North Calder Water River, Scotland1.5 km W
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Cliftonhill Landmark, North Lanarkshire5.8 km NE
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New Douglas Park Landmark, South Lanarkshire6.3 km S
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Celtic Park Landmark, Glasgow City7.2 km W
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Fir Park Landmark, North Lanarkshire9.3 km SE
Sources & licences
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