Whetstone
in Leicestershire of England, United Kingdom
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Coventry Airport (18 mi) - East Midlands Airport (19 mi)
- Sywell Aerodrome (24 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (25 mi)
- Nottingham Airport (25 mi)
- RAF Cottesmore (25 mi)
- RAF Waddington (50 mi)
- Oxford (Kidlington) Airport (51 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (59 mi)
- London Luton Airport (59 mi)
- Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport (64 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 84 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 91 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 92 mi)
- Saltaire (Unesco heritage, 97 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 98 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 105 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 112 mi)
- Kirby Muxloe Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Humberstone Heights Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Kilworth Springs Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Beedles Lake Golf Centre (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Ansty Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Edwalton Golf Club (Golf course, 24 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.567 and -1.183 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 34' 0" and W -1° 10' 59"
- 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: 11:30 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:28 am and 4:10 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - 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 Whetstone
Whetstone in Leicestershire (England) is located in United Kingdom about 86 mi (or 138 km) north-west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Whetstone is now 11:30 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 11 airports close to Whetstone, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Coventry Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 30 km), South-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 Derwent Valley Mills in a distance of 43 mi (or 68 km), North-East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Glenfield, Leicester, Coventry, Keresley and Nottingham. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 8°C / 47 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 44 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 78% |
| Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (3 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
9°C (48 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
7°C (45 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
5°C (41 °F)
0°C (32 °F)
Snow, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Glasshouse Autograph Collection
Leicester Marriott Hotel
College Court Conference Centre
THE BELMONT HOTEL
Mercure Leicester The Grand Hotel
Hilton Leicester
Maiyango
BW PLUS ULLESTHORPE COURT HTL
Ramada Encore Leicester
Ramada Leicester Stage
Videos from this area
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Rood Ashton Hall Through Narborough Station
On a cold, wet and windy Valentines evening in February 2014 the small mainline station of Narborough was visited by steam locomotive Rood Ashton Hall. My film features the "calm before the...
Direct Rail Services Class 66 Passes Narborough with Hoppers
With Fastline hoppers filmed from street level with a Nokia N95 camera phone this video is not edited so there is a wait from the crossing being activated and the train passing by but the wait...
The Curry Train - Through Narborough Station
On the evening of 28th March 2013 The Curry Train (5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe) completed a circular tour of the Midlands. Taking in several stations along the route the train was named The...
LMS No 6201 Princess Elizabeth At Narborough 9th April 2011
6201 Princess Elizabeth runs through Narborough with a vintage trains tour to Chester sorry but this video was uploaded a week late.
71000 Duke of Gloucester At Narborough 26 July 2010
71000 Duke of Gloucester At Narborough 26 July 2010 standing in for Tornado on this railtour as Tornado is still out with boilier problembs they sent the boilier back to Germany under warranty...
Cross Country Turbostars At Narborough
At Narborough station some passing through some stopping 9th June 2008.
Freightliner Class 66's Pass Narborough
With Bradstone ballast hoppers and a coal train and coming back light engine I filmed with a Nokia N95 camera phone and a Sony DCR SR35 sorry about the shaky footage the passing freight train...
Campus of the Living Dead
This is a short zombie film I made. It has been played at a couple of film festivals across the country and is going to be mentioned in a book. Check out my group on facebook: http://www.facebook....
DIG.IT.ALL AND DIRT LAB @WOODIES TRAILS
dirt jumping from 03 DIG.IT.ALL AND DIRT LAB @WOODIES TRAILS narbourgh,leicestershire This place is kinda got specical place in the hearts of the leicester dirt scene bmx and mtb.... we had...
Typhoon FGR4 at Cosby 8th September 2013
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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.
Blaby
Blaby is a village in central Leicestershire, England, some five miles south of Leicester city centre. It has population of around 6,240 (2001 figures), and its proximity to the city causes it to form part of the Leicester Urban Area. Its name probably came Old Norse Blábýr = "farmstead or village belonging to a man named Blár" (where the -r is a case ending).
Cosby, Leicestershire
Cosby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. Cosby is located in the south west of the county near the larger villages and towns of Whetstone, Blaby and Wigston. Its proximity to the city of Leicester means it is part of the Leicester Urban Area. It is not known how the name originated, and it is first recorded as "Cossebi" in the Domesday Book. It was described as a "considerable village" in 1810 by historian John Nichols.
Whetstone, Leicestershire
Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 6,000 and largely acts as a commuter village for Leicester, five miles to the north. Its proximity to Leicester causes Whetstone to form part of the Leicester Urban Area. The village is bounded on the east by the A426 (on the other side of which is Blaby village), to the north by the railway line from Nuneaton to Leicester, and to the west by the M1.
Blaby & Whetstone Athletic F.C
Blaby & Whetstone Athletic F.C. is a football club based in Whetstone, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the East Midlands Counties League
List of United Kingdom locations: Cos-Cou
Whetstone railway station
Whetstone was a station on the Great Central Railway (GCR), the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, which opened in 1899 to serve the Leicestershire village of Whetstone. Whetstone station was built by the Great Central as part of its London Extension, and opened to passengers on 15 March 1899. It was a conventional London extension station, common in towns on villages on the GCR, and was equipped with a single island platform.
River Sence (Wigston)
The River Sence is a Leicestershire tributary of the larger River Soar. The River Sence can be traced eastwards up to the village of Billesdon, and then flows south west through Great Glen, Leicestershire, and then west until the confluence with the River Soar just to the west of Blaby.
Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association
The Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association, also simply known as the Leicestershire & Rutland CFA, Leicestershire FA or LRCFA, is the governing body of football in the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland.
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