Lakenheath
in Suffolk of England, United Kingdom
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RAF Lakenheath (2 mi) - RAF Mildenhall (4 mi)
- RAF Honington (12 mi)
- RAF Marham (16 mi)
- Cambridge Airport (21 mi)
- Duxford Airport (28 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (39 mi)
- London Luton Airport (53 mi)
- London City Airport (66 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 60 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 63 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 65 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 66 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 66 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 82 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 91 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 93 mi)
- Saltaire (Unesco heritage, 103 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 124 mi)
- Bury St Edmunds Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Centerparcs (amusement park, (6 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.418 and 0.522 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 25' 3" and E 0° 31' 19"
- 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: 12:05 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:21 am and 4:04 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - 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 Lakenheath
Lakenheath in Suffolk (England) with it's 4,369 inhabitants is located in United Kingdom about 69 mi (or 110 km) north-east of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Lakenheath is now 12:05 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 9 airports in the wider vicinity of Lakenheath, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is RAF Lakenheath in a distance of 2 mi (or 3 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 Derwent Valley Mills in a distance of 60 mi (or 97 km), North-West. Also, if you like golfing, there is an option about 15 mi (or 23 km). away. We found 1 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: Fulbourn, Linton, Shropham, Snetterton and Cambridge. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 48 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 77% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 89% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
8°C (47 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
8°C (46 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
6°C (42 °F)
0°C (33 °F)
Snow, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Riverside House
TRAVELODGE BARTON MILLS
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Butterflies on sedum flowers
Enviromat sedum matting is a haven for wildlife of all kinds, but especially pollinating insects. The nectar rich flowers are a magnet for butterflies. Try using Enviromat as ground cover...
RAF Lakenheath A-10's First Mission 16-03-15
First mission on the Monday nice to see the Hogs back again with that familiar whining sound.
RAF Lakenheath 28th August 2013
RAF Lakenheath 10th Feb 2011
My first trip to the Heath with my HD camera :)
NARC vist to USAF Lakenheath
Norfolk Amateur Radio Club vist to UASF Lakenheath on 13 June 2013 on a very windy day. Managed to view the control tower, air trafic control and their radios - but did not get a look at a...
F-15E Strike Eagles taxiing for departure at RAF Lakenheath
A pair of F-15E Strike Eagles taxiing for departure at RAF Lakenheath. Thanks to Herts Aviation Society (www.hertsaviationsociety.co.uk) for organising the tour.
Two F-15E's Take off from RAF Lakenheath
Two F-15 E's Take off from RAF Lakenheath, early evening. RAF Lakenheath, England, Suffolk. Filmed on a Nikon D300s mounted with a Sigma 150-500mm lens.
Two flying Bitterns, Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve
Shocking video I know (I think my video camera's on its last legs) but I had to upload this. Two bitterns flying far and high in the middle of the day over the reeds at Lakenheath Fen, whilst...
Fast fire curtain at RAF Lakenheath
Testing a fire curtain's drop time is one of the last steps in installing the product designed to stop fire from transfering from the stage to the auditorium. Camstage Ltd., a leading UK source...
F-15 missed approach at RAF Lakenheath
This guy done this for a friend of his :) ... Scared the crap out of me because I wasn't expecting it, so sorry for the bad language at the end :P.
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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.
Lakenheath railway station
Lakenheath railway station serves the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England. The station lies some three miles north of the village of Lakenheath, and is not within convenient walking distance of any sizable population. However, there is a population of over 10,000 people within a 5 mile radius of the station. Services at Lakenheath comprise one train in each direction on Saturdays and three trains in each direction on Sundays. There are no services on Mondays to Fridays.
Undley bracteate
The Undley bracteate is a 5th century bracteate found in Undley Common, near Lakenheath, Suffolk. It bears the earliest known inscription that can be argued to be in Anglo-Frisian Futhorc (as opposed to Common Germanic Elder Futhark). The image on the bracteate is an adaptation of an Urbs Roma coin type issued by Constantine the Great, conflating the helmeted head of the emperor and the image of Romulus and Remus suckled by the wolf on one face. With a diameter of 2.3 cm, it weighs 2.24 grams.
Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve
Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve is located on the Norfolk/Suffolk border between Lakenheath and Hockwold cum Wilton adjacent to Lakenheath railway station. Until 1995, when purchased by the RSPB, the land now forming the reserve was heavily farmed arable land. Since then, the 740-acre site has been turned back into the reed beds and grazing marshes that would once have been common in the area.
Lackford Hundred
Lackford was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 83,712 acres . The hundred fills the north western corner of Suffolk and is triangular in shape, extending about fifteen miles (24 km) in length on each side. It is bounded on the north by Norfolk, on the west by Cambridgeshire, and on the south east by Blackbourn, Thingoe and Risbridge Hundreds. It is in the Franchise or Liberty of St Edmund, in the Diocese of Ely, the Archdeaconry of Sudbury and the Deanery of Fordham.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Lake Heath, Lakenheath
