Shielhope Head
Located in The Scottish Borders, Scotland Coordinates: 55°30′57″ N 3°16′56″ W
- Elevation
- 613 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport49 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport82 km
About Shielhope Head
Shielhope Head is a mountain. Location: The Scottish Borders, Scotland. Elevation: 613 m. The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (49 km). Nearby sights include Greenside Law and Notman Law.
Photos of Shielhope Head
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Broad Law Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Shielhope Head
This month · November
A wet month
Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 141 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- January (151 mm)
- Driest month
- May (79 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) | 3° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -3° | -2° | -1° | 0° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 7° | 5° | 3° | 0° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 151 | 110 | 122 | 81 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 104 | 123 | 145 | 141 | 150 |
How to get to Shielhope Head
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 49 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 49 km to the north.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 49 kmnorth
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 82 kmwest
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 83 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 49 kmnorth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 73 kmnorthwest
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 108 kmnorth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 122 kmsoutheast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 139 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Shielhope Head
Within 100 km: 565 historic and cultural sites, 2,730 natural sites, 736 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km505 places
- The Batta Island 24 kmNE
- Talla Reservoir Lake 8 kmSW
- Loch Skeen Lake 9 kmS
- Shaws Upper Loch Lake 21 kmE
25–60 km1,258 places
- Cramond beach Beach 52 kmN
- Portobello Beach Beach 50 kmN
- Inchkeith Island 58 kmN
- Inchcolm Island 57 kmN
60–100 km2,268 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 72 kmS
- Ayr Beach Beach 86 kmW
- Troon Beach Beach 87 kmW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 61 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Cappercleuch Village, The Scottish Borders4.7 km SE
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Tibbie Shiels Village, The Scottish Borders6.9 km SE
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Polmood Village, The Scottish Borders7.7 km W
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Stanhope Village, The Scottish Borders8.2 km NW
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Peebles Town, The Scottish Borders16 km N -
Chapelhope Village, The Scottish Borders8.4 km SE
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Greenside Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders0.7 km E
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Notman Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders0.9 km NW
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Pykestone Brae Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.9 km S
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Dollar Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.7 km NW
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Fifescar Knowe Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.3 km NW
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Cramalt Craig Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.4 km W
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Clockmore Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.7 km S
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Conscleuch Head Mountain, The Scottish Borders3 km E
More nature in United Kingdom
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Broad Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders4.9 km SW
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Pykestone Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders6.1 km N
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Deer Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.2 km E
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Broomy Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.2 km SE
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Black Law SW Top Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.4 km NE
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Syart Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.6 km SE
Sources & licences
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