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Discover Havelock Town
Havelock Town in Western Province is a city in Sri Lanka a little south of Colombo, the country's capital city.
Local time in Havelock Town is now 09:26 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Asia / Colombo with an UTC offset of 5.5 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Havelock Town, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Sri Lanka is Beira Lake Seaplane Base in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Sri Lanka is Sinharaja Forest Reserve in a distance of 54 mi (or 88 km), South-East. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Colombo, Katunayaka, Ratnapura, Kurunegala and Kandy. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 85 °F
Morning Temperature | 25°C / 76 °F |
Evening Temperature | 28°C / 82 °F |
Night Temperature | 26°C / 79 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 10% |
Air Humidity | 70% |
Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 44% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
29°C (85 °F)
26°C (78 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
29°C (85 °F)
24°C (76 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
COLOMBO COURT HOTEL AND SPA
Global Towers Hotel & Apartments
Mirage Colombo Hotel
THE BLUE WATER-WADDUWA
D Pavilion Boutique Hotel
Pearl Grand Hotel
Pearl City Hotel
Colombo Hotel by Ceilão Villas
TREE OF LIFE
The Canes Boutique Hotel
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Wellawatta beach during a solar eclipse
Wellawatta beach during a solar eclipse. January 15th, 2010.
Train Travelling Beside the Indian Ocean in Sri Lanka
The train trip to Galle takes you along the Indian Ocean. Many people and trains were swept away in the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004.
UNCONDENSED Tsunami SLOW part 3
Many moans about sped up film so.... sped up film in three parts, slow : ) PART 3.
Dajjaal- Beware & Be aware PART 2 by Sheikh Muiz Bukhary
Download here:- http://slhub.com/lecture/ash-sheikh-muiz-bukhary-(islamia)/dajjal-beware-and-be-aware-(part-2) Part 1:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pximDqVkX5A Contact Sheikh at https://www ...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
University of Colombo
The University of Colombo (informally Colombo University or UoC) is a public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The oldest institution of modern higher education in Sri Lanka, it is also the largest university in the island, specialised in the fields of natural, social, and applied sciences as well as mathematics, computer sciences, and law. It is ranked among the top 10 universities in South Asia.
St Peter's College, Colombo
St. Peter's College is a distinguished boys only primary to secondary (inclusive) school in the Bambalapitiya zone of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1922. In 1919, just after the end of World War I, Rev. Fr. M.J. Le Goc, Rector of St Joseph's College, Colombo, had a vision of a college in the southern suburbs of Colombo. While he was traveling one day on his famous motor bicycle with this idea in mind, Fr Le Goc spotted a block of cinnamon land in Bambalapitiya which belonged to Mr. E.C.
Bambalapitiya
Bambalapitiya is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The area, numbered Colombo 4, spans about one and a half kilometres of the Galle Road in Colombo. The west of the city is bordered by the Indian Ocean while to the east Havelock Town town borders it. In the early 19th century it is believed Bambalapitiya was a jungle infested with snakes. Cashew trees were common here. Outlaws would seek hiding in the dense jungle, and hijack bullock carts carrying produce between Galle and Colombo. St.
Lanka Hospitals
Lanka Hospitals, formerly known as Apollo Hospitals Colombo is a multi-specialty tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka and is one of the largest private hospitals in the country. It is situated on Elvitigala Mawatha, also known as Baseline Road, which is a direct route from the country’s international airport. It is also only a few minutes drive from central Colombo. The hospital was commissioned in 2002 as a branch of Apollo Hospitals India.
Wellawatte
Wellawatte, a suburb in Colombo, lies immediately south of Bambalapitiya and is classified as zone 6 within the Colombo Municipal region. The town begins at the old Dutch canal just before the Savoy Cinema and extends all the way south to the same canal that spills into the sea just before the Hospital Road junction where Dehiwela begins.
Amal International School
Amal International School (also called and abbreviated as A.I.S. ), is a popular middle-class international school in Sri Lanka. Founded in January 1991, it was first launched as a social service project to develop and expand local English-medium studies. AIS is attended by approximately a thousand students for classes ranging from Preschool to Advanced Level. It is now one of the vast cluster of schools located in the Havelock Town region of Colombo, the commercial capital of the country.
Saifee Villa
Saifee Villa (previously known as Lakshmigiri) is a bungalow at 102, Thurstan Road in Colombo, Sri Lanka. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:6|53|57.05|N|79|51|33.00|E| |primary |name= }}
Colombo University Observatory
The Colombo University Observatory is the astronomical observatory located at the University of Colombo. Formally the Colombo Observatory it is a permanently mounted telescope with its own observatory dome located on the university grounds next to Reid Avenue in Colombo. The observatory is used by the Mathematical and Astronomical Society. The telescope is a 12½-inch (32 cm) Newtonian reflector solidly fixed on a polar mount.