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Explore Purton
Purton in Wiltshire (England) with it's 3,554 inhabitants is located in United Kingdom about 75 mi (or 121 km) west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Purton is now 01:07 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the wider vicinity of Purton, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is RAF Fairford in a distance of 7 mi (or 12 km), North-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 City of Bath in a distance of 17 mi (or 28 km), South-East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. 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: Leigh, Lydiard Tregoze, Cricklade, Minety and Swindon. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 66 °F
Morning Temperature | 14°C / 56 °F |
Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 19% |
Air Humidity | 69% |
Air Pressure | 1003 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 80% of sky |
General Conditions | Heavy intensity rain |
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Monday, 9th of September 2024
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17°C (62 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Tuesday, 10th of September 2024
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17°C (63 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, broken clouds.
Wednesday, 11th of September 2024
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12°C (53 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
DoubleTree by Hilton Swindon
De Vere Cotswold Water Park
Marsh Farm Hotel
JCT.16 Holiday Inn Express SWINDON - WEST M4
VILLAGE SWINDON
J16) Swindon West (M4
Campanile Swindon
THE PEAR TREE AT PURTON
LYDIARD HOUSE
THE WILTSHIRE HOTEL
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Autumn Club Ride
The last ten miles or so of a club ride that took place in October 2008. The footage is speeded up five times. The clip starts in Ashton Keynes, follows the B4696, then turns left up Pavenhill....
Business Finance Solutions (The FD Centre)
http://www.thefdcentre.co.uk/business-finance-solutions We often get asked about business finance by entrepreneurs seeking ways to grow faster. Business fina...
Big Green Home Show 2013
In this video we highlight what we had on offer at the Big Green Home Show 2013 at the The National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon. The NSBRC is the UK's only permanent venue for...
Wessex League Cyclocross 07/08
Highlights from my season racing in the Wessex League (see http://www.wessexcx.org.uk/ for results and photographs.) I used an ATC-2000 "Action Camera" from Oregon Scientific, which worked...
Swindon Mouldon Hill Lake - Floodings 2012
READ FIRST The Floodings started after seval rains over Swindon. On April 29th I went to investigate the floods within Thamesdown area and the I went to see the cause of the worse flooding...
Spring Home Health Check Advice at the National Self Build and Renovation Centre
In this video we look at ways to maintain and protect your home at the The National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon. The NSBRC is the UK's only permanent venue for independent building...
Swindon & Cricklade Railway Shunters & Wheeltappers Weekend
The engines in action at the Swindon & Cricklade Railway Shunters & Wheeltappers Weekend: BR Class 03 No.03022 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST Slough Estate No.3 Fowler 0-4-0DH No.4220031 ...
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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.
Purton F.C
Purton F.C. are football club based in Purton, near Cricklade, Wiltshire, England. They play in the Hellenic Football League Division One West.
Hook, Wiltshire
Hook is a small village in England between the town of Royal Wootton Bassett and the village of Purton, just north of the M4 motorway. The village is linked to the large town of Swindon by a congested single-track road that's often used as a 'rat-run' by rush-hour commuters.
Restrop Farm and Brockhurst Wood
Restrop Farm and Brockhurst Wood is a 56.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1992. The site contains the Iron Age hill fort of Ringsbury Camp.
Lydiard House
Lydiard House is a manor house located in Lydiard Park at Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire. The house and surrounding land was originally owned by the Viscount Bolingbroke. The family owned the house for several centuries until the cost of caring for the house proved too high, and they were forced to sell. The house is now owned by Swindon Borough Council who remodelled it and opened it up as a museum for the public.
RAF Blakehill Farm
RAF Blakehill Farm was an RAF base situated in Wiltshire, England. The station was opened in 1944 as a base for transport aircraft of No. 46 Group Transport Command. In 1948 the airfield was a satellite of RAF South Cerney and used by training aircraft before the airfield closed in 1952 and was returned to agricultural use. The site is now a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve.
Widham
Widham is a small hamlet now encompassed within the village and parish of Purton, Wiltshire. Originally, Widham consisted of a few houses along the highway and parts of Witts lane and the toll house at Collins lane, with Widham Common in the centre. In time, Purton engulfed the hamlet, and only one small area remains as Widham. This, in turn, was halved in the mid-19th century by the rail line between Swindon and Gloucester.
Ringsbury Camp
Ringsbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort, thought to date from approximately the year 50BC. It is located in the civil parish of Purton in Wiltshire.
St Mary's Church, Purton
St Mary's Church is in the village of Purton in north Wiltshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Bristol. It is one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.