Preston upon the Weald Moors
in Telford and Wrekin of England, United Kingdom
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Birmingham International Airport (36 mi) - Hawarden Airport (37 mi)
- Manchester Airport (43 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (44 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (44 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (48 mi)
- Coventry Airport (49 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (60 mi)
- RAF Fairford (78 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 24 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 69 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 77 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 100 mi)
- Brookfield Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Crewe Golf Club (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Bewdley Pines (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Little Lakes Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Kidderminster Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Burlish Park Golf Course (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.736 and -2.473 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 44' 8" and W -2° 28' 23"
- 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: 11:59 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:16 am and 4:30 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- 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 Preston upon the Weald Moors
Preston upon the Weald Moors in Telford and Wrekin (England) is located in United Kingdom about 131 mi (or 210 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Preston upon the Weald Moors is now 11:59 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 9 airports in the wider vicinity of Preston upon the Weald Moors, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Birmingham International Airport in a distance of 36 mi (or 58 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 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal in a distance of 24 mi (or 39 km), North-West. 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: Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Wellington, Telford, Chetwynd and Newport. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 51 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 88% |
| Air Pressure | 1022 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 78% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
10°C (51 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hadley Park House
Park Inn By Radisson Telford
Ramada Telford Ironbridge
Holiday Inn TELFORD - IRONBRIDGE
Buckatree Hall
Days Inn Telford Iron Bridge Welcome Break Service Area
TRAVELODGE TELFORD SHAWBIRCH
Lord Nelson Hotel
Telford Central
The International Telford
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Telford Car Rides, Ketley to Wellington, Telford Urban Rides No 12
Another car trip through part of Telford in Shropshire, come along and have a look around our neighbourhood. If you are outside the UK you may find it interesting how driving in Britain compares...
Telford Car Rides, Oakengates to Donnington. Urban Car Rides 15..wmv
Another car trip through a part of Telford in Shropshire, come along and have a look around our neighbourhood. If you are outside the UK you may find it interesting how driving in Britain...
AFC Telford United vs Southend
Wot a finish by jon adams ! the crowd go wild, wot a day !
Urban Car Rides in Telford, Shropshire 2. A Drive to Asda.
A series of videos shot on the roads in Telford, come along and have a look around our neighbourhood. If you are outside the UK you may find it interesting how driving in Britain compares...
Telford & Wrekin Council Meeting 12th Sept 2013
Telford & Wrekin Council Meeting 12th Sept 2013.
Kawasaki Robots palletise at Heinz Telford
Three Kawasaki RD80 robots have freed up operator time, at Heinz Telford, allowing upstream filling machinery to be more efficiently managed and output to be increased.
Arriva Buses at Wellington.wmv
Various Arriva buses entering and leaving the bus station at Wellington, Telford, Shropshire. 2nd March 2010.
AFC Telford United 0 Worcester City 3
FA Trophy 1st Round Replay Tuesday 3rd December 2013.
AFC Telford United 0 Worcester City 0
Skrill Conference North Tuesday 24th September 2013.
walsall v sheff utd 06.03.12 alex nichols winning goal
alex nichols winning goal.
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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.
The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency)
The Wrekin is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Mark Pritchard, a Conservative.
Trench, Telford
Trench is a suburb of the new town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, on the north side of the town, north of Oakengates.
Hadley, Shropshire
Hadley is a part of the new town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It lies approximately 3 miles north-west of Telford Town Centre, and forms part of the civil parish of Hadley and Leegomery (previously known as simply "Hadley"). It neighbours Wellington, a market town also part of Telford, and that town's two colleges of Telford College of Arts and Technology (TCAT) and New College (NC), all to the west of Hadley.
New Hadley Halt railway station
New Hadley Halt was a minor station between Oakengates and Wellington on the former Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line. On 13 May 1986, British Rail announced that it would close, due to uneconomic required repairs and it was demolished in 1986. Its grid reference was SJ 681 115. The closure of the station coincided with the opening of a new station called Telford Central which had opened the previous day.
Wappenshall Junction
Wappenshall Junction is a British canal junction located at Wappenshall, Shropshire. It was created when the Newport Branch Canal joined the Shrewsbury Canal in 1835, and was closed along with the canal in 1944.
Telford International Railfreight Park
Telford International Railfreight Park (known as TIRFP) is rail freight depot and construction development site located in Donnington to the north of Telford, on the former route of the Stafford to Shrewsbury Line. The development of TIRFP was initiated through a partnership between Telford and Wrekin Council, the Ministry of Defence, and the Homes and Communities Agency in 2001.
Weald Moors
The Weald Moors are located in the ceremonial county of Shropshire north of Telford, stretching from north and west of the town of Newport towards Wellington. Although the Weald Moors are now largely agricultural land, they were among the last parts of the area to come into cultivation. The word weald (which elsewhere means open uplands or waste) in this context means "wild": the "wild moors". A moor, in Shropshire usage, was a marsh.
Preston upon the Weald Moors
Preston upon the Weald Moors is a small village on the northern edge of the town of Telford, part of the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire. According to the 2001 census the village has a population of 205 although this is likely to have risen due to various building conversions over the proceeding ten years. It is one of a number of villages that exist on the Weald Moors of Shropshire.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Preston upon the Weald Moors.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Preston-on-the-Weald Moors, Preston, Preston upon the Weald Moors
