Wimborne Minster
in Dorset of England, United Kingdom
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Bournemouth Airport (6 mi) - Southampton Airport (30 mi)
- RNAS Yeovilton (33 mi)
- Bembridge Airport (39 mi)
- RAF Lyneham (50 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (52 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (57 mi)
- RAF Fairford (63 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (69 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 44 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 93 mi)
- Knighton Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Ferndown Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Ashley Wood Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Burley Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Bramshaw Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.783 and -1.983 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 46' 59" and W -1° 58' 59"
- 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: 01:12 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:34 am and 7:36 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - 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 Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster in Dorset (England) with it's 14,884 citizens is a town in United Kingdom about 95 mi (or 153 km) south-west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Wimborne Minster is now 01:12 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports near Wimborne Minster, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bournemouth Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), East. 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 Dorset and East Devon Coast in a distance of 43 mi (or 69 km), East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. 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: Poole, Bournemouth, Bower Chalke, Bishopstone and Ansty. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 66 °F
| Morning Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
| Night Temperature | 15°C / 58 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 27% |
| Air Humidity | 67% |
| Air Pressure | 1002 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 83% of sky |
| General Conditions | Heavy intensity rain |
Monday, 9th of September 2024
17°C (63 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Tuesday, 10th of September 2024
16°C (62 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Broken clouds, fresh breeze.
Wednesday, 11th of September 2024
15°C (59 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Number 9
Loch Fyne Restaurant and Hotel Poole
The Living Room
Harbour Heights
The Bridge House
Holiday Inn Express POOLE
Hotel Du Vin Poole
Antelope
THISTLE POOLE
Poole North
Videos from this area
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A Ride Through Wimborne Minster, Dorset
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Wimborne Minster Tower Clock Mechanism
This shows a few 'ticks' of the Wimborne Minster Tower Clock. The works were built in the 1740's by William Monk. The 'face' of the clock is much older - it probably dates from the late 1300s.
Escape To The Country, Old Church, Ashington, Wimborne, Dorset
Excerpt from BBC's Escape To The Country featuring The Old Church, Ashington.
Dorset Dads 1st Birthday @ Honeybrook Farm
Dorset Dads turn 1. To celebrate we returned to one of our favourite locations form the last 12 months - Honeybrook Farm in Wimborne Minster.
Anonymous Morris Dance Not Not for Joe
Anonymous Morris performing the dance, "Not Not for Joe" at Wimborne Minster Folk Festival 2013.
Deans Court, Wimborne, Dorset
Wimborne Food Festival
Scenes from the Wimborne Food Festival.
Weddings at Deans Court, Wimborne, Dorset
Woodside Morris Men dance Vandals, Wimborne Folk Festival 2011 at the Olive Branch
Woodside perform Vandals of Hammerwich at the Wimborne Folk Festival 2011, dancing in the car park of the Olive Branch pub, where we had just enjoyed a very pleasant dinner.
Chequered Flag Wimborne 2012 (1).MP4
Appalachian Dance.
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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.
Colehill
Colehill is a parish, neighbouring Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, England, with a population of 7,000 (2001).
Merley
Merley is a large housing estate in the borough of Poole, a mile (2 km) south of Wimborne Minster. Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford. The village merges with that of Oakley, and the housing estate was originally going to be called "Oakley Garden Village", note Oakley Shops and other signposts around the community but the name was changed. The housing estate only covers part of the area that was originally called Merley/Myrle.
Birch Close
Birch Close is a village in Dorset near to Wimborne Minster.
Corfe & Barrow Hills
Corfe & Barrow Hills is a 102.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1986.
Wimborne Minster (church)
Wimborne Minster, known locally as the Minster, is the parish church of Wimborne, Dorset, England. The Minster has existed for over 1300 years and is recognised for its unusual chained library (one of only four surviving chained libraries in the world). The Minster, a former monastery and Benedictine nunnery, is the resting place of King Ethelred of Wessex.
Priest's House Museum
The Priest's House Museum is a local museum in the town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England. It is located on the high street, opposite the Church of Wimborne Minster. The museum occupies a historic Grade II listed town house dating from the 16th century. The museum is dedicated to rural life in a market town in Dorset and the exhibits are based on the daily lives of people within the house and within Wimborne and Dorset.
Wimborne Model Town
Wimborne Model Town, situated on the edge of the town of Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, is one of the largest and most established model towns in England. It depicts the town of Wimborne as it was at the time the model was originally made in the 1950s, and captures the essence of a typical market town of rural England at that time. The concrete model, built at 1/10 scale, features 120 buildings including 108 shop fronts and a 15 ft (5m) high Minster.
Wimborne railway station
Wimborne was a railway station in Wimborne Minster in the county of Dorset in England. Open from 1 June 1847 to 2 May 1977, it was sited just north of the River Stour in what is still Station Road. Built for the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, the station was operated from the start by the London and South Western Railway, which took over ownership in 1848.
Lady Wimborne Bridge
The Lady Wimborne Bridge is a bridge that brought the age of rail to the town of Wimborne in Dorset, England. Long heralded by the denizens of the medieval market town, pilgrims would camp under its ornate stone and cheer the advent of each steam train to pass overhead.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Wimborne, Wimborne Minster, Уимборн Минстър, ویمبورن مینستر, 溫伯恩明斯特
