Lee-on-the-Solent
in Hampshire of England, United Kingdom
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Bembridge Airport (9 mi) - Southampton Airport (12 mi)
- Chichester/Goodwood Airport (20 mi)
- Bournemouth Airport (28 mi)
- Lasham Airport (28 mi)
- RAF Odiham (32 mi)
- Farnborough Airport (38 mi)
- Blackbushe Airport (39 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (56 mi)
- RAF Fairford (66 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (68 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 11 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 44 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 74 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 75 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 76 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 80 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 100 mi)
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Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (Unesco heritage, 107 mi) - Cams Hall Estate Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Corhampton Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Chilworth Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- East Horton Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Macdonald Botley Park Hotel, Golf and Spa (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Bramshaw Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Hockley Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Freshwater Bay Golf Club (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Hindhead Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Marwell Zoo (zoo, (14 mi)
- Spinnaker Tower (observation point, (4 mi)
- Hythe Marina (marina, (10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.802 and -1.202 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 48' 6" and W -1° 12' 6"
- 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:
- 6:31 am and 7:33 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - References
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- 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
Explore Lee-on-the-Solent
Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire (England) with it's 7,224 inhabitants is located in United Kingdom about 68 mi (or 109 km) south-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Lee-on-the-Solent is now 01:18 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports in the wider vicinity of Lee-on-the-Solent, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bembridge Airport in a distance of 9 mi (or 15 km), South-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 11 mi (or 17 km), South-East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 3 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Cowes, Portsmouth, Northwood, Gurnard and Newport. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 65 °F
| Morning Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Night Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 31% |
| Air Humidity | 68% |
| Air Pressure | 1002 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 9 km/h (5 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 68% of sky |
| General Conditions | Heavy intensity rain |
Monday, 9th of September 2024
18°C (64 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Tuesday, 10th of September 2024
16°C (62 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 11th of September 2024
15°C (58 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Solent Hotel & Spa
The Boat House
Lysses House
Holiday Inn FAREHAM - SOLENT
LAKESIDE PARK HTL AND SPA - RYDE
Dorset Hotel
The Bugle Hotel
Gosport
TRAVELODGE RYDE ISLE OF WIGHT
Fareham
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Glider Winch launch flight at Lee on the Solent PNGC
This is a typical Winch Launch glider flight in a K21 glider at Lee on the Solent gliding club called PNGC. The flight lasts about 8 minutes.
BHC SRN6 Hovercraft trip on the Solent (Saunders-Roe Nautical 6) with the Hovercraft Museum
Hovercraft SRN6 Twin Prop trip around the Solent from the Hovercraft Museum at HMS Daedalus, Lee-On-Solent, Hampshire.
Dakota C47A-DC3 N473DC landing and taking off at Lee on the Solent airfield - 5th June 2013
Douglas Dakota C47A-DC3 N473DC landing at Lee on the Solent airfield (Daedalus) to pick up 21 parachutists of the Round Canopy Parachuting Team, dressed as wartime American paratroopers.
Flight in a Fournier RF5B over the solent
29th September 2013 A flight in G-CBPC (aka papa charlie). We flew at 700' over some sailboats racing, then climbed to 3500' before turning the engine off and gliding home to EGHF, Lee on...
Prosser sesh
Charlie having a chill sesh at lee on the solent skatepark.
Russell's DG1001M Motorglider Flight
At Lee-on-the-Solent airfield DG 1001M G-CGRV (RV)
Eagle 1 Hovercraft at Lee on Solent Aug 4
Until today, I only had a few minutes' experience piloting a hovercraft, hence my somewhat amateurish manoeuvring! What did not get filmed was several minute's circling on the flat at the...
Pete Johns Lee On Solent Edit 2013
Pete Johns Shredding Lee Skatepark. This was filmed in 4 days! Watch the bonus footage!
D-Day 70 Years: Dakotas take off from Daedalus
8 Dakotas taking off from Lee-on-the-Solent airfield on the 4th June 2014 before flying to Normandy.
Hover Show
Video footage from the Hover Show at Lee On The Solent. Taken over the weekend of July 21st & 22nd. An event that doesn't happen that often but well worth a visit.
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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.
RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)
Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) was one of the primary shore airfields of the Fleet Air Arm. First established as a seaplane base in 1917 during the First World War, it later became the main training establishment and administrative centre of the Fleet Air Arm. Situated near Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire, approximately four miles west of Portsmouth on the coast of the Solent at grid reference SU560019, the establishment has now been closed down.
Gosport (UK Parliament constituency)
Gosport /ˈɡɒspɔrt/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Caroline Dinenage of the Conservative Party.
Hovercraft Museum
The Hovercraft Museum, located in Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire, England, is dedicated to hovercraft. The museum has a large collection of over sixty hovercraft of various designs. Situated at HMS Daedalus by the large slipway from where many hovercraft have been tested, the museum collection includes SR.N5 and SR.N6 hovercraft, one of which is fully operational.
Little Woodham
The Living History Village of Little Woodham or The Seventeenth Century Village is a living museum dedicated to recreating life in a rural village in the mid-17th century. It is situated in ancient woodland in Rowner, on the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire.
Browndown Battery
Browndown Battery, also referred to erroneously in some sources as Browndown Fort, is a coastal defence battery in Hampshire, England. First erected in the mid-1840s, the battery was continuously modified until disarmed in 1905/6.
Defence College of Electro-Mechanical Engineering
The Defence College of Electro-Mechanical Engineering (DCEME) was formed on 2 April 2004 as one of five Defence Training Establishments (DTEs) introduced to deliver coherent and cost effective training across the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence.
Cherque Farm
Cherque Farm is a residential development of 1050 homes situated on the South Coast of England in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Persimmon Homes is the prime developer of the land, but other developers such as Charles Church, Bovis and Wimpey have built properties on the estate. Building work was completed in 2008.
Crofton Secondary School
Crofton School is a secondary school located in Stubbington, Hampshire, England. The school accepts students from the following areas: Stubbington, Hill Head, Titchfield, Peel Common, Gosport and Locks Heath respectively. The school has around 1000 students aged between 11-16 (years 7 to 11. ) Crofton was awarded Specialist Science Status in 2005. Pupils of any religion can attend the school as long as they are comfortable working in a mostly Christian environment.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Lee on Solent, Lee-on-the-Solent
