Headcorn
in Kent of England, United Kingdom
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Rochester Airport (14 mi) - Lydd Airport (20 mi)
- London Biggin Hill Airport (28 mi)
- Southend Airport (28 mi)
- Redhill Aerodrome (33 mi)
- Kent International Airport (33 mi)
- London City Airport (34 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (35 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (51 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (52 mi)
- Wethersfield Airport (56 mi)
- RAF Mildenhall (83 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 21 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 26 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 31 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 33 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 35 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 78 mi)
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Amiens Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 115 mi) - Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (Unesco heritage, 118 mi)
- Hemsted Forest Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Chislehurst Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Cobtree Manor Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Kings Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Littlestone Warren Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Littlestone Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Highwoods Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Dartford Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Garon Park Golf Complex (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Eastbourne Golfing Park (Golf course, 31 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.170 and 0.624 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 10' 10" and E 0° 37' 27"
- 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: 04:47 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:16 am and 4:08 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - 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
Explore Headcorn
Headcorn in Kent (England) with it's 2,505 inhabitants is located in United Kingdom about 40 mi (or 64 km) south-east of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Headcorn is now 04:47 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 12 airports in the wider vicinity of Headcorn, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Rochester Airport in a distance of 14 mi (or 22 km), North-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 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church in a distance of 21 mi (or 34 km), East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. 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: Maidstone, Boxley, Yalding, Paddock Wood and Rochester. 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 | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Night Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 65% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 90% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
9°C (48 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
8°C (46 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
10°C (50 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Headcorn Lodge Weald of Kent Golf Course
Roebuck Inn Relaxinnz
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Circuits - 01-03-2013 - G-BCXE Robin DR400-108 Headcorn
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Kristina Bell Tandem Skydive
Kristina's Tandem Skydive at Skydive Headcorn With Pete Sizer on 5th October 2013. Filmed by Eric Shapland@AirAffair.
Flying at Headcorn Aerodrome.
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Lorraine Hope Skydive Headcorn
Lorraine Hope Tandem Skydive at Headcorn 3rd August 2013.
Engineers tea time #2
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My Skydive!
Skydive at 12000ft Headcorn airfield near Maidstone. Was the most amazing experience! Going to have to do it again sometime!
Yak-18T Aileron Roll GoPro HD
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HEADCORN TIGER CLUB
The Tiger Club, based at Headcorn Airfield Kent, take off to practise aerobatics, ready for their 2012 display season, This includes the Folkestone Jubilee Airshow on June 2nd 2012, where they...
Weald of Kent Golf Club and Hotel
Set in picturesque Kent between Maidstone and Headcorn, the Weald of Kent Golf Course has its own on site accommodation - the Headcorn Lodge Hotel.
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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.
Sutton Valence
Sutton Valence (historically Town Sutton or Sutton Hastings) is a village some five miles (8 km) SE of Maidstone, Kent, England on the Greensand Ridge overlooking the Vale of Kent and Weald. One of the main landmarks in the village is Sutton Valence Castle, of which only the ruins of the 12th century keep remain, under the ownership of English Heritage.
Headcorn railway station
Headcorn is a railway station on the South Eastern Main Line serving the village of Headcorn in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern. Headcorn was, until 1954, the northern terminus of the Kent and East Sussex Railway.
A274 road
The A274 is a major road running through mid Kent. The northern end of the road is in Maidstone, at the Wheatsheaf public house where it leaves the A229. The road then follows a south easterly route to Langley, where it changes to a south south easterly alignment through Sutton Valence and Headcorn, ending at a junction with the A262 in Biddenden. The A274 was originally classified B2078 and was re-designated in the 1950s.
Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway
The Headcorn & Maidstone Junction Light Railway was a proposed railway in Kent. An Act of Parliament authorised its construction, but only a short branch at Tovil, opened to goods only, was built.
Frittenden Road railway station
Frittenden Road was a railway station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway which closed in 1954. The wooden station building had been derelict for years was sadly destroyed by fire in October 2003. As of 2012 most of the building's brick base still survives, and the general shape of the platform is still evident but much overgrown. The site is used by a joinery business whose premises straddle the trackbed immediately to the north of the old station.
Chart Hills Golf Club
Chart Hills Golf Club is a private golf club in Biddenden, Kent in England. It is owned by Leaderboard Golf along with 4 other golfing venues in the South East including The Oxfordshire Golf Club near Oxford, Sandford Springs Golf Club near Basingstoke and Newbury, Dale Hill Golf Club in Wadhurst East Sussex and The Leaderboard Golf Centre in Reading.
St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Headcorn
St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a parish church in Headcorn, Kent dedicated to saints Peter and Paul. It was begun in the 13th century. The church is a Grade I listed building.
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