Vigo
in Worcestershire of England, United Kingdom
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Birmingham International Airport (14 mi) - Coventry Airport (23 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (31 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (44 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (45 mi)
- Oxford (Kidlington) Airport (45 mi)
- RAF Fairford (46 mi)
- RAF Lyneham (57 mi)
- Manchester Airport (71 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 91 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 120 mi)
- Kidderminster Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Copt Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Kings Norton Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Burlish Park Golf Course (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Fulford Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Bewdley Pines (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Little Lakes Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Forest Of Arden-Aylesford Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Calderfields Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- The Belfry (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Dudley Zoo (zoo, (13 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.333 and -2.017 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 19' 59" and W -2° 1' 0"
- 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: 11:42 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:30 am and 4:14 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
Delve into Vigo
Vigo in Worcestershire (England) is located in United Kingdom about 99 mi (or 159 km) north-west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Vigo is now 11:42 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 9 airports close to Vigo, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Birmingham International Airport in a distance of 14 mi (or 23 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 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 54 mi (or 87 km), South-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. We encountered 1 points of interest near this location. 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: Oldbury, Tidbury Green, Dudley, Dickens Heath and Birmingham. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 8°C / 46 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 40 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 44 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 76% |
| Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 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 (44 °F)
3°C (37 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
5°C (41 °F)
0°C (33 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Holiday Inn BIRMINGHAM - BROMSGROVE
Golf and Country Club Abbey Hotel
Hillscourt
The Westmead
Redditch West (A448)
Holiday Inn Express BIRMINGHAM - REDDITCH
TRAVELODGE BROMSGROVE
Bromsgrove Central
TRAVELODGE BROMSGROVE MARLBROOK
Bromsgrove South(Worcester Rd)
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Railworks, Class 67 journey up the Lickey Incline
Railworks, Class 67 journey up the Lickey Incline.
60040 Climbs the Lickey on 6E41, 15/07/10.
As 60040 was booked on the empty tanks, a quick trip to see it. It was a nice dry, but windy day! The second the Tug appeared on Incline the heavens opened and it poured down, do you run...
37401+37670 on the Devonian up the Lickey. 06/06/09.
Youtube altered the HD video formats and so this video had to be deleted, rendered and re-uploaded. This version should have good sound! 37401 and 37670 head the return journey of 'The...
Bromsgrove Station.
A short visit to Bromsgrove station on the 13/02/10 produced these services, a Cross Country heads down the incline. Then London Midland 170505 departs with a northbound service and a Cross...
0Z87 Europhoenix 87's Lickey Incline & WCML HD
EuroPhoenix 87017 'Iron Duke' and 87023 'Velocity' being dragged by 47500 on 0Z87 Long Marston to Willesden are captured on the Lickey Incline passing Vigo Bridge, then back on their former...
LICKEY INCLINE 44871 and 70013
44871 and 70013 Storming up the Lickey Incline on the GREAT BRITAIN 3 RAILTOUR in beautiful Spring weather on Thursday 8th April 2010.
60091 up / 66622 down the Lickey, 24/12/11.
Merry Christmas to everyone!! On a mild Xmas eve A Christmas Super Tug 60091 ran 6V98/6E41 it is seen on the return with glider fuel heading up the Lickey Incline running about 70 late. Nice...
I run away from Boarding School part 2 -Third attempt to get home at seven
Having tried twice, unsuccessfully, to run away from Hunter's Hill Open Air School, Blackwell will I at seven be able to overcome all the obstacles without telling a lie? One of the biggest...
Onboard 150108 Lickey Incline 20/02/2010
150108 on 1M07 1554 Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New Street via Lifford East and Bordersley Junction. A Guaranteed Furness.
Class 170305 @Bromsgrove 12/04/15
Class 170305 passes Bromsgrove on the 1v03 Nottingham to Cardiff central. Cross country.
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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.
Lickey Incline
The Lickey Incline, south of Birmingham, is the steepest sustained main-line railway incline in Great Britain. The climb is a gradient of 1-in-37.7 (2.65%) for a continuous distance of two miles (3.2 km). Some trains still require the assistance of banking locomotives to ensure that the train reaches the top.
Hewell Grange
This article is about the Hewell Grange country house and estate. For Hewell Prison, see Hewell (HM Prison) Hewell Grange is a country house in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England. "One of the most important late 19th century country houses in England", the mansion was built in 1884-91 by George Frederick Bodley & Thomas Garner for the Earl of Plymouth. Constructed in the Jacobethan style, it was "perhaps the last Victorian prodigy house. " It is a Grade II* listed building,.
Bromsgrove railway station
Bromsgrove railway station serves the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England. It is located at the foot of the two-mile Lickey Incline which ascends at a gradient of 1-in-37.7 towards Barnt Green on the line between Birmingham and Worcester. The station opened as part of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (later part of the Midland Railway) in 1840.
Tardebigge Engine House
Tardebigge Engine House is a former canal-pumping engine house at Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England. It is grade II listed. It stands near lock 57 (one lock below the top lock, 58) of the Tardebigge Locks on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and contained a steam powered Newcomen-Watt beam engine, which was removed in 1915. It was used to pump water from the adjacent Tardebigge feeder reservoir, which is about 50 ft (15.2 m) below the level of the top pound of the canal.
Tardebigge Locks
Tardebigge Locks or the Tardebigge Flight is the longest flight of locks in the UK, comprising 30 narrow locks on a two and a quarter mile stretch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Tardebigge, Worcestershire. It raises the waterway some 220 feet, and lies in between the Tardebigge tunnel (length 580 yards) to the North and the Stoke Prior flight of 6 narrow locks to the South. The Tardebigge Engine House is also on this stretch.
Tardebigge Lake
Tardebigge Lake is a large feeder reservoir, about 25 acres in size, built to supply water for the famous flight of locks running from Tardebigge towards Worcester, on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. It is maintained by British Waterways and still supplies water to the canal system. The lake is up to 40-foot deep at the dam end, shelving off to around 15 feet at the inlet end. Access to walkers is allowed to the dam end and the side of the lake alongside the canal path.
HM Prison Hewell
HM Prison Hewell is a multiple security category men's prison, located in the village of Tardebigge in Worcestershire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
Blackwell railway station
Blackwell railway station was a railway station serving Blackwell in the English county of Worcestershire. It was opened by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1841 a year after the line opened. In 1846 it became part of the Midland Railway which had been formed two years before.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Vigo.
- Oldbury
- Tidbury Green
- Dudley
- Dickens Heath
- Birmingham
- Cheswick Green
- Worcester
- Solihull
- Walsall
- Stourport-on-Severn
- Wolverhampton
- Bickenhill
- Romsley
- Hampton in Arden
- Bransford
- Barston
- Cotheridge
- Leigh
- Berkswell
- Meriden
- Albrighton
- Swindon Village
- Uckington
- Warwick
- Ryton
- Tong
- Shipton
- Evesbatch
- Churchdown
- Stafford
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