Purton
in Wiltshire of England, United Kingdom
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RAF Fairford (7 mi) - RAF Lyneham (8 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (17 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (25 mi)
- Oxford (Kidlington) Airport (29 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (31 mi)
- RAF Benson (33 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (39 mi)
- Southampton Airport (49 mi)
- Bournemouth Airport (56 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 17 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 72 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 105 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 115 mi)
- Chippenham Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Bowood Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- The Manor House Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Lilley Brook Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Gloucester Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Faringdon Golf Course (Golf course, 24 mi)
- Birdland Park and Gardens (zoo, (21 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.589 and -1.874 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 35' 20" and W -1° 52' 27"
- 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: 04:55 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:25 am and 4:18 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - 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
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 04:55 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. 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: 11°C / 51 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 79% |
| Air Pressure | 1033 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 27% of sky |
| General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Friday, 15th of November 2024
9°C (48 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
10°C (50 °F)
9°C (47 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
7°C (45 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast 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
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Autumn Club Ride
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Big Green Home Show 2013
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Swindon Kite Festival 2011
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Swindon & Cricklade Railway Shunters & Wheeltappers Weekend
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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.
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