Bonchurch
in Isle of Wight of England, United Kingdom
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Bembridge Airport (6 mi) - Southampton Airport (25 mi)
- Chichester/Goodwood Airport (26 mi)
- Bournemouth Airport (31 mi)
- Lasham Airport (41 mi)
- RAF Odiham (45 mi)
- Farnborough Airport (50 mi)
- Blackbushe Airport (52 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (58 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (68 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (81 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 11 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 60 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 83 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 84 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 89 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 89 mi)
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Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (Unesco heritage, 96 mi) - Cams Hall Estate Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Chilworth Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Bramshaw Golf Club (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Macdonald Botley Park Hotel, Golf and Spa (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Corhampton Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- East Horton Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Spinnaker Tower (observation point, (14 mi)
- Hythe Marina (marina, (21 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.599 and -1.186 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 35' 58" 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: 11:52 AM (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
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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
Delve into Bonchurch
Bonchurch in Isle of Wight (England) is a town located in United Kingdom about 78 mi (or 125 km) south-west of London, the country's capital town.
Time in Bonchurch is now 11:52 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 11 airports closer to Bonchurch, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bembridge Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), North-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), North-East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are some options within driving distance. We saw 2 points of interest near this location. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Newchurch, Chale, Bembridge, Newport and Northwood. 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 / 51 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 75% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 66% 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, fresh 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
The Fawley
Claremont Guest House
The Grange
The Wight
The Westfield
Rooftree Guest House
St Maur
Brooke House
The Lawns Hotel
Melville Hall
Videos from this area
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Ventnor Isle of Wight Sights and Sounds
The sights and sounds from Ventnor Isle of Wight. What you might see in Ventnor as part of your holiday. http://www.islandcottageholidays.com/isleofwight/ventnor/
IOW in 3D-St Boniface Down Ventnor
A walk up St Boniface from Ventnor's Old Station Road-at the top the path connects to where I took another video (IOW in 3D-Luccombe Down) should you wish to see it after this one. If the 3D...
Cheetah Catamaran surfs into Ventnor Haven
Cheetah owners often comment how bad weather no longer dictates when they take a day off. Here is a short clip of Geoff Blake's Ventnor Pride surfing back into the haven in a F7-8 last week....
Ventnor Skate Park, Spring 2009
Ventnor Skate Park, Isle of Wight. John Cattle details the planned new additions to the park, and runs through the local bands that have given tracks to the fundraising CD, "Transitions 2".
mysterious hole at ventnor revisited using a trespa probe - isle of wight
originally found by a fellow vectis moocheteer , this is my second visit to this strange oraface .this time using a trespa probe to delve just a bit deeper inside to see if i could fathom this...
The Royal Hotel, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
The Royal Hotel, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
Ventnor HQ
Ribnet cruise to Ventnor on the Isle of Wight July 2012.
bricked up tunnels - la falaise car park - ventnor - isle of wight
these have always bugged me . where do these lead to ? and what were they were used for ? and has anyone been in them? la falaise car park , ventnor, isle of wight.
Alpine Road, Ventnor Water leak - 21 Mar 2014
Water is pouring out of a rupture in the road near the junction of Alpine Road and Belgrave Road in Ventnor. Thanks to Phil Helps for the tip.
The Cabin, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Promo 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.
South Wight
South Wight was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995. The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of Sandown-Shanklin and Ventnor urban districts and Isle of Wight Rural District. It was one of two districts on the island formed in 1974 - the other was Medina.
St Boniface Down
St Boniface Down is a chalk down on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located close to the town of Ventnor, in the southeast of the Island, and rises to 241 metres, the Island's highest point, 1 kilometre north of the town. There is reputed to be a wishing well on its southern slope, which requires the wisher to climb up from the south without looking back.
Battle of Bonchurch
The Battle of Bonchurch took place sometime in late July 1545 at Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight. No source of information states a specific date, although it could have happened on 21 July. The battle was a part of the wider Italian War of 1542–1546, and the battle took place during the 1545 French invasion of the Isle of Wight. Several landings were made by the French during the invasion of the Isle of Wight, including the one at Bonchurch.
Monks Bay
Monks Bay is situated on the southern coast of the Isle of Wight, England just to the east of the village of Bonchurch. Monks Bay is believed to be where French monks from Lyra Abbey landed from Normandy. It has proved popular with visitors and is one of the natural highlights of the town, which has been the venue for such figures as Charles Dickens.
Bonchurch Landslips
Bonchurch Landslips is a 28.2 hectare site of special scientific interest which is located north-east of Ventnor. The site was notified in 1977 for both its biological and geological features.
Luccombe Chine
Luccombe Chine is a geological feature and visitor attraction south of the village of Luccombe on the Isle of Wight, England. A wooded coastal ravine, one of a number of such chines on the island created by stream erosion of soft Cretaceous rocks, it leads from the clifftop to Luccombe Bay. The Chine is at the eastern end of the Isle of Wight Undercliff landslip. A small fishing community existed at the foot of the Chine until 1910, when the settlement was destroyed by a landslip.
St. Boniface Church, Bonchurch
St. Boniface Church, Bonchurch is a parish church in the Church of England located in Bonchurch, Isle of Wight.
Luccombe Bay
Luccombe Bay is a bay on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of Luccombe Village from which it takes its name. It faces south east towards the English Channel, its shoreline is 1.2km in length. It stretches from Horse Ledge in the north to Bordwood Ledge in the south. The sea bottom is a mixture of mud and rocks. The beach is predominantly shingle and rocks.
Steel Bay
Steel Bay is a bay on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the north east of the village of Bonchurch. It faces south east towards the English Channel, and its shoreline is 1 km in length. It stretches from Bordwood Ledge in the north to Dunnose headland in the south. The bay is remote and is best viewed from Dunnose which can be accessed by scrambling over The Landslip which is close to the Isle of Wight Coastal Path in the woods to the east of Upper Bonchurch.
Horseshoe Bay no.2, Isle of Wight
Horseshoe Bay is a bay on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the south east of the village of Bonchurch. It faces south east towards the English Channel and its shoreline is approx. 200m in length. It should not be confused with a similarly named bay about 15km north near Culver Down. The coast of the bay is lined by a concrete seawall, built in 1988 to protect the cliff face from erosion.
Wheelers Bay
Wheelers Bay is a small bay on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of Ventnor. It faces south east towards the English Channel, its shoreline is 200m in length. In the 19th century the beaches of Wheelers Bay and Horseshoe Bay were used for the unloading of provisions, particularly coal. Boats would beach at high tide and the cargo off-loaded onto horsedrawn carts. The boats would then be floated off again at the next high tide.
1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident
The 1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident occurred on 6 May 1962 when a Channel Airways Douglas C-47A Dakota registered G-AGZB operating a scheduled passenger flight from Jersey to Portsmouth collided with a cloud-covered hill at St Boniface Down near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. The aircraft was destroyed and twelve of the 18 occupants were killed (all three crew members and nine out of 15 passengers, including three infants).
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