Ilston
in City and County of Swansea of Wales, United Kingdom
-
Swansea Airport (1 mi) - MOD St. Athan (31 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (35 mi)
- Haverfordwest Airport (41 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (61 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (66 mi)
- Plymouth City Airport (81 mi)
- Newquay Cornwall Airport (89 mi)
- RAF Fairford (99 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (131 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 103 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 107 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 108 mi)
- Fairwood Park Golf Club (Golf course, 1 mi)
- Earlswood Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.594 and -4.085 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 35' 39" and W -4° 5' 6"
- 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: 09:36 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:36 am and 4:25 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - 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
Delve into Ilston
Ilston in City and County of Swansea (Wales) is a city located in United Kingdom about 170 mi (or 274 km) west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Ilston is now 09:36 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 10 airports closer to Ilston, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Swansea Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 2 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 52 mi (or 83 km), East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Pennard, Bishopston, Swansea, Landore and Morriston. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 51 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 84% |
| Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
10°C (49 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
11°C (53 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Cafe Valance Bar & Rooms
The Gower Hotel
Llwyn Hall Country House
Vista Hotel
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Rugby Report
Regional rugby side the Ospreys visited Bishopston Comprehensive School, and we caught up with some of their stars for BBC School Report. We had the chance to watch their open training session...
Three Cliffs Bay - Gower Peninsula Wales
A must see for all lovers of this awe inspiring Bay. A journey through the seasons to the most stunning and dramatic of all Gower coastlines - Three Cliffs.
Pennard Golf Club
Golf journalist James Mason from www.planetgolfreview.com planetgolfreview.co.uk and www.sportsjournalist.info plays the Pennard Golf Club on a recent trip to South Wales, playing 7 courses...
Human Resources Consultants and Services Swansea
Human Resource Consultants http://www.hchr.co.uk/ being interviewed by Steve Brown from http://www.swanseacreatives.co.uk/ on the topic of human resources. Heather, director of HCHR has many...
Using Social Media in the Workplace - Hchr 01792 234761
The use of social media in the workplace is still a murky area, even after years of exponential growth in social media of all kinds. Call Hchr to help you to draft and put into place fair and...
Workplace Mediation | Human Resources Workplace Mediation Swansea
Workplace mediation consultants http://www.hchr.co.uk/ being interviewed by Steve Brown from http://www.swanseacreatives.co.uk/ on the topic of workplace mediation. Heather, director of HCHR...
Social Media in the Workplace | Human Resources Social Media Swansea
Social media in the workplace advisers http://www.hchr.co.uk/ being interviewed by Steve Brown from http://www.swanseacreatives.co.uk/ on the topic of social media in the workplace. Heather,...
Three Cliffs.mp4
AR Drone flight at Three Cliffs, Gower.
Swansea Ramblers walking in Parkmill, crossing a swollen stream
Swansea Ramblers went for a pub lunch at The Gower Inn at Parkmill. We went for a short walk beforehand around Parkmill and Green Cwm. New walkers came to join us for the walk and pub lunch....
Swansea Skies - Timelapse
Gower 11/04/2014 All footage Copyright Air Marshall. No reproduction in whole or part without permission.
Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners. 
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.
Swansea Airport
Swansea Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Abertawe) is an airport located at Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula 5 NM west south-west of Swansea, Wales.
Pennard (electoral ward)
Pennard is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Pennard has its own community council. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following places: Bishopston, Fairwood Common, Kittle, Parkmill, Pennard and Southgate in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. Pennard is bounded by the wards of Gower to the west; Fairwood to the north and Bishopston to the east. The Bristol Channel borders Pennard to the south.
Fairwood Common
Fairwood Common is a large area of barely populated common land in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, south Wales. It forms part of the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Swansea Airport is located in the middle of the common. This was developed from the World War II airfield named RAF Fairwood Common.
RAF Fairwood Common
RAF Fairwood Common was a World War II aerodrome located at Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula to the west of Swansea. It is now the location of Swansea Airport.
A4118 road
The A4118 road is a road in Swansea, Wales which connects Dyfatty Street in the city centre with the village of Port Eynon. It runs in an approximate east-west direction. Beginning from the city centre, the route runs though suburban areas until it reaches Upper Killay where the road crosses rural areas. Places along on the route: Mount Pleasant Uplands Sketty Killay Upper Killay Fairwood Common Parkmill Penmaen Knelston Llandewi Scurlage
La Charrette
La Charrette was for several decades the smallest cinema in the UK. It closed in February 2008. A tiny, 23-seat venue, sited in a back garden in the town of Gorseinon, near Swansea, 'La Charrette' (French for 'the carriage') was built from a disused railway carriage. With flock wallpaper and hand-operated curtains, 'La Charrette' began showing films in 1953.
Parc Cwm long cairn
Parc Cwm long cairn (Welsh: carn hir Parc Cwm), also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber (siambr gladdu Parc le Breos), is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow. The cromlech, a megalithic burial chamber, was built around 5850 years before present (BP), during the early Neolithic.
Parc le Breos
Parc le Breos was a great medieval deer park in the south of the Gower Peninsula, about eight miles (13 km) west of Swansea, Wales, and about 1+⁄4 miles north of the Bristol Channel. The park was an enclosed, oval area of 6.7 miles in circumference, covering about 2,000 acres and measuring 2 ½ miles (east–west) by just over 1 ¾ miles (4.1 km by 2.9 km).
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Ilston.
- Pennard
- Bishopston
- Swansea
- Landore
- Morriston
- Clydach
- Llanddarog
- Kidwelly
- Llangathen
- Port Talbot
- Llanfynydd
- Carmarthen
- Llangain
- Llansteffan
- Ystradgynlais
- Crynant
- Bryn
- Pyle
- Llangynog
- Llansadwrn
- Seven Sisters
- Llansawel
- Llanddeusant
- Cefn Cribwr
- Abernant
- Glyncorrwg
- Merthyr Mawr
- Llanddowror
- Bridgend
- Trelech
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Ilston
