- Elevation
- 840 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport50 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport77 km
About Broad Law
Broad Law is a mountain. Location: The Scottish Borders, Scotland. Elevation: 840 m.
Broad Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The second-highest point in the Southern Uplands and the highest point in the Scottish Borders, it has an elevation of 840 metres, a prominence of 653 metres (and thus is a "major") and an isolation of 81 kilometres. It is only 3 m (10 ft) lower than its parent, Merrick.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Topographic prominence
- 653 m
Source: Wikidata
Climate of Broad Law
This month · November
A wet month
Day 4° · Night -2° · Rain 172 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 14°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- January (183 mm)
- Driest month
- May (90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 1° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -4° | -3° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 6° | 6° | 4° | 1° | -2° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 183 | 133 | 148 | 91 | 90 | 91 | 98 | 117 | 144 | 174 | 172 | 182 |
How to get to Broad Law
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 50 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 51 km to the north.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 50 kmnorth
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 77 kmwest
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 80 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 51 kmnorth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 70 kmnorthwest
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 111 kmnorth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 125 kmsoutheast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 142 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Broad Law
Within 100 km: 552 historic and cultural sites, 2,761 natural sites, 751 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km504 places
- Talla Reservoir Lake 3 kmSW
- Loch Skeen Lake 8 kmS
- Shaws Upper Loch Lake 25 kmE
- Shaws Lochs Lake 25 kmE
25–60 km1,258 places
- Cramond beach Beach 54 kmN
- Portobello Beach Beach 53 kmN
- Inchcolm Island 59 kmN
- Wooden Anna Island 60 kmE
60–100 km2,302 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 69 kmS
- Ayr Beach Beach 82 kmW
- Troon Beach Beach 83 kmW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 63 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Polmood Village, The Scottish Borders4.9 km NW
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Tweedsmuir Village, The Scottish Borders5.1 km W
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Stanhope Village, The Scottish Borders6.7 km NW
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Cappercleuch Village, The Scottish Borders8.7 km E
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Glenbreck Village, The Scottish Borders9 km SW
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Drumelzier Village, The Scottish Borders9.5 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Brown Knowe Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.5 km N
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Tods Knowe Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.6 km E
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Mathieside Cairn Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.1 km SW
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Talla Cleuch Head Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.1 km SW
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Great Knock Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.2 km N
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Lamb Knowe Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.3 km SE
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Wylies Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.5 km SE
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Cramalt Craig Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.5 km NE
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources