Purfleet
in Borough of Thurrock of England, United Kingdom
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London City Airport (8 mi) - London Biggin Hill Airport (14 mi)
- Rochester Airport (14 mi)
- Redhill Aerodrome (25 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (28 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (30 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (30 mi)
- London Luton Airport (38 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 2 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 5 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 7 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 28 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 39 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 76 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 111 mi)
- Dartford Golf Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Barnehurst Golf Course (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Cray Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Brentwood Golf Centre At Hartswood Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Ilford Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Broke Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Hobbs Cross Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Chingford Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Kings Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Cobtree Manor Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Lee Valley Marina Springfield (marina, (14 mi)
- The View from the Shard (observation point, (14 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.484 and 0.242 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 29' 2" and E 0° 14' 32"
- 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: 01:18 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:24 am and 7:28 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.954 and -176.560 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Waitangi - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
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
Delve into Purfleet
Purfleet in Borough of Thurrock (England) with it's 12,000 habitants is located in United Kingdom about 16 mi (or 26 km) east of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Purfleet is now 01:18 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports close to Purfleet, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is London City Airport in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 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 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in a distance of 2 mi (or 4 km), East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. We encountered 2 points of interest near this location. 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: Grays, Dagenham, Bexleyheath, Romford and Woolwich. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 61 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Night Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 7% |
| Air Humidity | 82% |
| Air Pressure | 1002 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Monday, 9th of September 2024
18°C (64 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Tuesday, 10th of September 2024
17°C (63 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 11th of September 2024
15°C (60 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
DoubleTree by Hilton Dartford Bridge
Rowhill Grange and Utopia Spa
Thurrock Hotel
Holiday Inn Express LONDON - DARTFORD
ibis London Thurrock M25
Campanile Dartford South East of London
TRAVELODGE THURROCK M25
Thurrock East
London Rainham
TRAVELODGE DARTFORD
Videos from this area
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Trip through the Dartford Crossing (Kent to Essex) (26th Dec 2012)
A trip through the Dartford Crossing on Boxing Day 2012, travelling from Kent to Essex.
QE2 bridge (Dartford) and Tunnel
A trip across the QE2 Bridge (Dartford) From the Essex side to the Kent side and back through the Dartford Tunnel from the Kent side to the Essex side. the bridge and tunnel cross the River Thames.
Crossing the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge by Bus (Ensign X80)
As part of my journey to cross the Thames by all possible means between Tower Bridge and the QE2 bridge, i crossed this bridge on the X80 from Lakeside to Bluewater alighting at Crossways and...
Southeastern HS London to Broadstairs
Short video and images of a trip in the Southeastern High Speed trains, from London to Broadstairs.
Thermal Imager Sees Through Thick Smoke in Dartford Tunnel
Thermoteknix MicroCAM 2 Thermal Imager used in important Fire Testing Exercise in Dartford Tunnel. The miniature thermal imaging module clearly sees through the thick smoke but, not surprisingly...
Dartford OT 15/09/2012
Shooting on the Olympic Trap range at Dartford Clay Shooting Club 15/09/2012.
Dartford Crossing - Driving Dartford Tunnel M25 London - Prestigio RR700X
With Dartford Crossing closed we had to go through the Dartford Tunnel. I was kinda peeeed off when i saw we wouldn't be going over the crossing but going through the tunnel was kinda fun and...
The Gentleman's Jolly Dartford Tunnel Run
Dartford tunnel in a Caterham BDR (Cosworth)
on the way to the 50 years of the Seven. We "unfortunatly" had to go through the Dartford tunnel.
Dartford Tunnel - Slit Scan
The movie of the drive through Dartford Tunnel, subjected to processing using slit scan software. There is no audio in this video.
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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.
Dartford Cable Tunnel
The Dartford Cable Tunnel is an £11,000,000 tunnel upstream of the Dartford Crossing built in 2003-4. Its diameter is ~3m. It is designed to carry and allow for maintenance of 380kV National Grid electrical cable beneath the Thames; it is accessible by foot as a crossing of the Thames, but by authorised personnel only.
Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve
Rainham Marshes is an RSPB nature reserve to the east of London, adjacent to the Thames Estuary in Purfleet, Thurrock and Havering. In 2000, the area of land was bought from the Ministry of Defence, who used it as a test firing range. With no activity for several years, the nature reserve was officially opened to the public in 2006. It has maintained much of its Medieval landscape, and is the largest area of wetland on the upper parts of the Thames Estuary.
Aveley F.C
Aveley Football Club are an English football club based in Aveley, Essex. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Division One North and play at the Mill Field.
Circus Tavern
The Circus Tavern is an entertainment venue in Purfleet, Essex, England which hosts functions, cabaret acts and is also a nightclub venue. However, it is most famous as having been a long-time venue of the PDC World Darts Championship. It was the venue of the championships from its inauguration in 1994, although the championship's size and popularity outgrew the venue and the PDC announced that the championship would move to the Alexandra Palace for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship.
Pura Foods
Pura Foods Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of edible oils and fats. The company now has two sites by the Thames, with manufacturing plant at Purfleet and R&D facilities at the former British Oil & Cake Mills (BOCM) in Erith. It is now part of ADM. The plant at Blackwall, east London, closed in 2006.
Ensignbus
Ensignbus is a Purfleet-based bus and coach dealer, open top bus tour operator and bus service operator. Ensignbus has collected 20 ex-London vehicles of various ages and conditions in a transport museum. Ensignbus owns parts of the City Sightseeing worldwide sightseeing tour operator. Ensignbus sells used buses from several major UK operators, and boasts "the largest stock of used double-deck buses in the world, with anywhere from 100-500 buses in stock".
High House, Purfleet
High House is the collective name for a group of historic buildings in Purfleet, Thurrock, Essex, which was used as a farm for hundreds of years, with a Grade II listed house and barn, but with the addition of one of the best dovecotes (dove houses) in Southern England, which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. This property includes the house, coachman's cottage, chaise house, stable, granary, barn, workshop, cart sheds, dovecote, and inner and outer walled gardens.
Thames Board Mills Sports Ground
Thames Board Mills Sports Ground was a cricket ground in Purfleet, Essex. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1956, when the Essex Second XI played the Surrey Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. Essex played their first List-A match there against Kent in the 1969 Player's County League. Essex played 4 List-A matches there between 1969 and 1972, playing their final List-A match there against Glamorgan in the 1972 John Player League.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Purfleet.
Bexley: Wennington Viaduct W, Bexley (source)
Bexley: Rainham Marshes, Bexley (source)
Bexley: Wennington Viaduct E, Bexley (source)
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