Shielhope Hill
Located in The Scottish Borders, Scotland Coordinates: 55°28′12″ N 3°15′24″ W
- Elevation
- 539 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport54 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport84 km
About Shielhope Hill
Shielhope Hill is a mountain. Location: The Scottish Borders, Scotland. Elevation: 539 m. The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (54 km). Nearby sights include Gool Knowe and Muckle Knees.
Photos of Shielhope Hill
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Broad Law Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Shielhope Hill
This month · November
A wet month
Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 174 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- January (189 mm)
- Driest month
- May (93 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° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 6° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | -1° | 0° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 8° | 6° | 3° | 0° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 189 | 138 | 153 | 96 | 93 | 96 | 103 | 121 | 144 | 176 | 174 | 189 |
How to get to Shielhope Hill
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 54 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 54 km to the north.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 54 kmnorth
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 84 kmwest
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 86 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 54 kmnorth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 77 kmnorthwest
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 113 kmnorth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 118 kmsoutheast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 135 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Shielhope Hill
Within 100 km: 602 historic and cultural sites, 2,739 natural sites, 736 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km498 places
- Talla Reservoir Lake 9 kmW
- Loch Skeen Lake 6 kmSW
- Shaws Upper Loch Lake 18 kmE
- Shaws Under Loch Lake 19 kmE
25–60 km1,279 places
- Cramond beach Beach 57 kmN
- Portobello Beach Beach 55 kmN
- Kirkland Scar Island 58 kmS
- Wooden Anna Island 55 kmE
60–100 km2,300 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 67 kmS
- Ayr Beach Beach 88 kmW
- Troon Beach Beach 89 kmW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 66 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Chapelhope Village, The Scottish Borders3.4 km SE
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Tibbie Shiels Village, The Scottish Borders3.6 km E
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Cappercleuch Village, The Scottish Borders4 km NE
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Birkhill Village, Dumfries and Galloway4.4 km S
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Tushielaw Village, The Scottish Borders10 km E
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Peebles Town, The Scottish Borders21 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Gool Knowe Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.1 km NW
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Muckle Knees Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.9 km SW
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Oxcleugh Rig Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.9 km E
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Watch Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders2 km NE
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Syart Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders2 km N
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Craigdilly Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.1 km W
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Cramalt Burn River, Scotland1.6 km NW
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Crumley Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.5 km W
Sources & licences
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