Alverstone
in Isle of Wight of England, United Kingdom
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Bembridge Airport (3 mi) - Southampton Airport (21 mi)
- Chichester/Goodwood Airport (23 mi)
- Bournemouth Airport (30 mi)
- Lasham Airport (37 mi)
- RAF Odiham (41 mi)
- Farnborough Airport (46 mi)
- Blackbushe Airport (48 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (55 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (64 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (77 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 8 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 80 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 81 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
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Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (Unesco heritage, 99 mi) - Cams Hall Estate Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Chilworth Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Corhampton Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- East Horton Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Macdonald Botley Park Hotel, Golf and Spa (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Bramshaw Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Hockley Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Freshwater Bay Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Marwell Zoo (zoo, (23 mi)
- Spinnaker Tower (observation point, (9 mi)
- Hythe Marina (marina, (17 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.667 and -1.186 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 40' 2" and W -1° 11' 9"
- 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: 12:08 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:21 am and 4:17 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - 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
Explore Alverstone
Alverstone in Isle of Wight (England) is a city in United Kingdom about 74 mi (or 119 km) south-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Alverstone is now 12:08 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 11 airports in the vicinity of Alverstone, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bembridge Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 6 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 8 mi (or 13 km), 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: Newchurch, Bembridge, Newport, Northwood and Cowes. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 50 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
| Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 76% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 60% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
10°C (50 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
10°C (50 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
8°C (47 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Light rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Brooke House
Claremont Guest House
The Westfield
Rooftree Guest House
The Grange
The Fawley
The Wight
Rylstone Manor Hotel
Luccombe Manor Country House
Marlborough Hotel
Videos from this area
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Shanklin, Isle of Wight Holiday Sights and Sounds
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Fairway Holiday Park, Sandown, Isle of Wight, UK - Video 1
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Microlight flight from Wiltshire to Sandown Airfield, Isle of Wight
A flight to the Isle of Wight from Wiltshire in a Pegasus Quik microlight. Low cloud at 2000ft all the way to the coast. Edited down to the interesting parts. Hope you enjoy.
Fort Holiday Park
Holiday park next to Sandown Bay on the Isle of Wight.
shanklin , sandown - 1939 - cine film - isle of wight
featuring the original shanklin counterbalance cliff lift ( rare as hens teeth footage ) , the chine ,keats green , honeymoon cottage, the pier and more .THIS HAS BEEN DIGITALLY PRESERVED AND...
Fairway Holiday Park, Sandown, Isle of Wight, UK - Video 2
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Grit Scooters UK Pro Rider Kieran O'Reilly Sandown Chill
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PE Display, 1st Sandown & Lake Co. Boys' Brigade
PE display by 1st Sandown & Lake Company of the Boys' Brigade at their 62nd Annual Display at Sandown High School, Isle of Wight, 26th April 1991.
1985 Shanklin IOW - Pier
Summer of 1985 - Grandma and Grandad walk along the front of Shanklin and go on the pier which the roller skate area at the end had been vandalised. Filmed on VHS-c tape hense the bad quality....
The Shanklin Cliff Lift, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 27/08/2013
This video is of the old cliff lift that has been in operation in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight since the 1960's. This video is of both ends of the lift and inside this unusual gem. Filmed...
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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.
Alverstone Mead
Alverstone Mead Local Nature Reserve is a lowland freshwater wetland nature reserve close to Sandown, Isle of Wight. it is a part of the Alverstone Marshes SSSI. The site is on the floodplain of the Eastern Yar, and is a popular spot for birdwatchers. The old trackbed of the Newport-Sandown railway runs through it, and is now a cycleway. It is owned by the Isle of Wight Council and leased to the Wight Nature Fund.
Borthwood Copse
Borthwood Copse, near Sandown, Isle of Wight, England is a piece of woodland owned by the National Trust and is a fragment of the medieval forest which covered most of the eastern end of the Island. Borthwood Copse was originally a royal hunting ground. It was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1926 by Frank Morey. He had purchased it a few years earlier to preserve it for wildlife. Subsequent additions have added to the land and it now covers a total of 60 acres .
Knighton, Isle of Wight
Knighton is a hamlet near to Sandown on the Isle of Wight. It is usually pronounced as Kay-nighton by local people, to avoid confusion with the larger, homophonic village of Niton, near Ventnor. Knighton is situated under Knighton Down and has historically always been a part of the parish of nearby Newchurch. Knighton consists of little more than a collection of farm houses, most now turned to residential use. The only amenity in the settlement is a post-box.
Alverstone Marshes
Alverstone Marshes is a 83.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight, notified in 1951. The Alverstone Marshes are the site of a wetland restoration project by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It is also noted for water voles.
Alverstone (Isle of Wight) railway station
Alverstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Alverstone garden village on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.
Queen's Bower
Queen Bower is a large village on the Isle of Wight, England that has effectively merged with Winford and Apse Heath. It lies to the north of Borthwood, a National Trust property, and gets its name from a hunting lodge for hunting deer in Borthwood, owned in the 13th century either by Isabella de Fortibus — last "Queen" of the Isle of Wight, or King Edward Longshank's queen after he took over the Island. The only commercial property in the area is the Queen Bower Dairy.
Borthwood
Borthwood is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, adjacent to Borthwood Copse, the National Trust woodland. Borthwood includes some holiday cottages and a pet kennel. Borthwood was the site of brickmaking operations in the past.
Alverstone Garden Village
Alverstone Garden Village is a housing estate built between the 1930s and the 1970s; entirely contained within Youngwoods Copse, and thus almost invisible from the older hamlet of Alverstone. Transport is provided by Wightbus route 23, which runs through the estate on its way between Newport and Shanklin.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Alverstone.
Sandown Bay › South: Sandown Pier and beach, Sandown Bay (source)
Shanklin › North-East: Shanklin Sailing Club, Shanklin (source)
Havenstreet: Haven Street Station, Havenstreet (source)
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