Higham
in Kent of England, United Kingdom
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Rochester Airport (5 mi) - Southend Airport (15 mi)
- London City Airport (18 mi)
- London Biggin Hill Airport (19 mi)
- Redhill Aerodrome (29 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (33 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (34 mi)
- Lydd Airport (38 mi)
- Wethersfield Airport (39 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (40 mi)
- London Luton Airport (48 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 8 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 15 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 18 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 29 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 32 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 80 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 119 mi)
- Cobtree Manor Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Dartford Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Chislehurst Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Kings Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Barnehurst Golf Course (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Brentwood Golf Centre At Hartswood Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- The Rayleigh Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Garon Park Golf Complex (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Cray Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Hemsted Forest Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Thames Estuary Yacht Club (marina, (13 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.414 and 0.456 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 24' 51" and E 0° 27' 21"
- 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: 04:17 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:17 am and 4:08 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.954 and -176.560 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Waitangi - 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
Delve into Higham
Higham in Kent (England) is a town located in United Kingdom about 26 mi (or 42 km) east of London, the country's capital town.
Time in Higham is now 04:17 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 11 airports closer to Higham, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Rochester Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 8 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 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in a distance of 8 mi (or 14 km), North-West. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are some options within driving distance. We saw 1 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: Cuxton, Rochester, Halling, Cooling and High Halstow. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 49 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 75% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 92% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
9°C (48 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
9°C (47 °F)
5°C (40 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
6°C (43 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
BRIDGEWOOD MANOR - QHOTELS
Inn on the Lake
TRAVELODGE CHATHAM MARITIME
Best Western Manor
Holiday Inn ROCHESTER - CHATHAM
The Clarendon Royal Hotel
Gravesend (A2/Singlewell)
Videos from this area
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Rochester | Light To Dusk
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SWC Free walk 173, Cuxton to Snodland. 7/4/13.
This is a pleasant 12 miler through some varied Kent countryside. Setting out from the station, the walker is soon walking past Cuxton church and ascending into a local nature reserve. Then,...
Eurostar racing the cars over the Medway River, Kent
Short video from the window of our Eurostar train as it runs alongside the M2 over the Medway River in Kent, England. I clocked the train travelling at 180MPH using a speedometre app on my...
Driving In the UK on the M2
My Father seems to think that everyone here drives little cars and that the UK doesn't have roads like our Interstates... C'mon dad... this is the country that spawned us!
Trailscape Rail to Trail series, Cuxton, Kent, 29 November 2014
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South Eastern - Series 2 (final part - pt5)
In this the final part of this series, we take a look at comings & goings at Medway Viaduct. This is one of the major features of UK's HS1 (high speed line 1). Here the line crossing the river...
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cliffe Woods Doctors, Building Site
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Anti-tank blocks (Dragons Teeth) vid 2.At edge of River Thames, Salt Lane, Cliffe.Kent
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DBSO 9701 & 31459 on 1Q12 at Cuxton, 21/05/09
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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.
Thames and Medway Canal
The Thames and Medway Canal is a disused canal in Kent, south east England, also known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal. It was originally some 11 km long and cut across the neck of the Hoo peninsula, linking the River Thames at Gravesend with the River Medway at Strood.
Higham railway station, Kent
Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in North Kent. The village of Higham is about a mile to the south. Train services are operated by Southeastern. (Not to be confused with the closed station at Higham in Suffolk. ) The ticket office, on the 'up' side, is situated in the substantial station building.
Hoo Junction
Hoo Junction is a rail yard on the North Kent Line. It is located near the village of Higham, Kent and also Shorne Marshes; it is operated by EWS. The yard is situated between Gravesend and Higham railway stations, at the junction with the freight-only single track line to the Hoo Peninsula.
Gads Hill Place
Gads Hill Place in Higham, Kent, sometimes spelt Gadshill Place and Gad's Hill Place, was the country home of Charles Dickens, the most successful British author of the Victorian era. Today the building is the independent Gad's Hill School. The house was built in 1780 for a former Mayor of Rochester, Thomas Stephens, opposite the present Sir John Falstaff Public House. Gad's Hill is where Falstaff commits the robbery that begins Shakespeare's Henriad trilogy.
Cobham Woods
Cobham Woods is an area of woodland, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and part of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), located between Strood, Cuxton and Cobham in Kent. The SSSI includes the arable land in the Ranscombe Farm country park and nature reserve. The woodland is largely sweet chestnut coppice with some coniferous plantations, while the parkland is mature woodland, with some clearings, of oak, sweet chestnut, beech, hornbeam, and other species.
Darnley Mausoleum
The Darnley Mausoleum, is a Grade I Listed Building, situated in Cobham Woods, Kent. It was designed by James Wyatt for the 4th Earl of Darnley according to detailed instructions in the will of the 3rd Earl of Darnley. It was never used for interments. The woodland is part of the parkland laid out by Humphry Repton, and is 1.6 km from the North Downs Way. The mausoleum is a Grade I Listed Building.
Uralite Halt railway station
Uralite Halt was a halt between Milton Range Halt and Cliffe station on the Hundred of Hoo Railway. Built to serve the British Uralite works, it opened in July 1906 and closed on 4 December 1961. The halt was demolished soon after closure.
Rochester United F.C
Rochester United F.C. is an English football club located in Strood, in Kent. The club are members of the Kent League and play at the Rochester United Sports Ground.
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Rochester › West: Strood − River Medway, Rochester (source)
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