Preston on the Hill
in Borough of Halton of England, United Kingdom
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Liverpool John Lennon Airport (8 mi) - Manchester Airport (15 mi)
- Hawarden Airport (17 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (21 mi)
- Blackpool International Airport (35 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (55 mi)
- Barrow Walney Island Airport (61 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (71 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 27 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 107 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 126 mi) - Hartford Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Delamere Forest Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Lymm Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Haydock Park Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Eccleston Park Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Houghwood Golf (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Bowring Park Golf Course (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Hindley Hall Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Porters Wood Golf Course (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Gathurst Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.322 and -2.645 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 19' 18" and W -2° 38' 43"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:46 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:41 am and 4:10 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Preston on the Hill
Preston on the Hill in Borough of Halton (England) is a place in United Kingdom about 164 mi (or 264 km) north-west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Preston on the Hill is now 11:46 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports near Preston on the Hill, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Liverpool John Lennon Airport in a distance of 8 mi (or 14 km), West. 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 United Kingdom is Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal in a distance of 27 mi (or 43 km), South-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Daresbury, Kingsley, Stretton, Appleton and Cuddington. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 8°C / 47 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 4% |
| Air Humidity | 83% |
| Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 68% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
6°C (43 °F)
1°C (33 °F)
Rain and snow, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
1°C (35 °F)
-0°C (32 °F)
Snow, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
3°C (38 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Snow, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Daresbury Park
THE PARK ROYAL - QHOTELS
Amado Boutique Hotel
Holiday Inn RUNCORN
Happy Guests Lodge
Best Western Forest Hills
VILLAGE WARRINGTON
The Old Hall Hotel and Restaurant
Best Western Everglades Park
Warrington Centre
Videos from this area
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Daresbury View
Time lapse, Daresbury clouds, Norton Water Tower.
Daresbury MTB Jumps
My first time doing the biggest jumps on part of a trail running through Daresbury forest on my bike!
60009 at Daresbury
60009 on the Cheshireman seen at Daresbury on the outward leg. 17th Nov 2007.
Claymoore Narrowboats Canal Holidays
Canal narrowboat holiday hire from Claymoore Canal Holidays based in Cheshire.
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Lune Rivers Trust 28th Sept 2013
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Nunney Castle
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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.
Runcorn East railway station
Runcorn East railway station serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn in Cheshire, England and offers trains to Warrington and Manchester and to Chester and North Wales. Halton Transport bus services operate from the station to Runcorn Old Town via Halton Lea and to Widnes. The station is also connected via Arriva bus service to the main Runcorn railway station, which has train service to London, Birmingham, Crewe and Liverpool via the West Coast Main Line.
Weaver Junction
Weaver Junction is a railway junction on the West Coast Main Line (WCML). It connects Ditton to the WCML via Runcorn Railway Bridge and opened on 1 April 1869. Trains bound for Liverpool from London diverge from the WCML at this junction. Weaver Junction is the oldest flying junction in Britain.
Dutton, Cheshire
Dutton is a civil parish and village within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located approximately 2 miles east of Runcorn. Dutton is on the river Weaver and is home to Dutton Hall which was built in 1513. A viaduct of 20 arches, each 63 feet in span, and 60 feet high, takes the Grand Junction railway over Dutton Bottom, across the valley of the Weaver.
Daresbury Laboratory
Daresbury Laboratory is a scientific research laboratory near Daresbury in Cheshire, England, which began operations in 1962 and was officially opened on 16 June 1967 as the Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory by the then Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Harold Wilson. It is run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council with around three hundred full-time staff.
ALICE (accelerator)
Accelerators and Lasers In Combined Experiments (ALICE), or Energy Recovery Linac Prototype (ERLP) is a 35MeV energy recovery linac test facility at Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, England. The project was originally conceived as a test bed for 4GLS, and consists of: A 350keV photoinjector laser. An 8.35MeV superconducting RF booster linac. A 35MeV superconducting RF main linac in which energy is recovered from used electron bunches and given to new bunches.
Keckwick
Keckwick is a village near Runcorn. It borders on Daresbury and parts of Warrington.
HPCx
HPCx was a supercomputer located at the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, England. The supercomputer was maintained by the HPCx Consortium, UoE HPCX Ltd, which was led by the University of Edinburgh: EPCC, with the Science and Technology Facilities Council and IBM. The project was funded by EPSRC. The HPCx service ended in January 2010,
Synchrotron Radiation Source
The Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS) at the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, England was the first second-generation synchrotron radiation source to produce X-rays. The research facility provided synchrotron radiation to a large number (at one point 38) experimental stations and had an operating cost of approximately £20 million per annum. SRS had been operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
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