Ashendon
in Buckinghamshire of England, United Kingdom
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RAF Benson (15 mi) - Oxford (Kidlington) Airport (15 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (26 mi)
- London Luton Airport (26 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (33 mi)
- Sywell Aerodrome (34 mi)
- Blackbushe Airport (35 mi)
- RAF Fairford (36 mi)
- Farnborough Airport (39 mi)
- RAF Odiham (41 mi)
- Southampton Airport (62 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 15 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 42 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 77 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 86 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 110 mi)
- Aylesbury Park Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Ellesborough Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Ivinghoe Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Frilford Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Blue Mountain Golf and Conference Center (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Castle Royle Golf Club (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Calcot Park Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Downshire Golf Complex (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Billingbear Park Golf Course (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Gulliver's Land (amusement park, (19 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.822 and -0.979 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 49' 18" and W -0° 58' 42"
- 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: 05:24 PM (Monday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:36 am and 8:26 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - 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: 2024-04-29 08:03:39
Explore Ashendon
Ashendon in Buckinghamshire (England) is located in United Kingdom about 42 mi (or 68 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Ashendon is now 05:24 PM (Monday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports in the wider vicinity of Ashendon, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is RAF Benson in a distance of 15 mi (or 24 km), South. 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 Blenheim Palace in a distance of 15 mi (or 23 km), 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: Aylesbury, Calverton, Stony Stratford, Shenley Church End and Loughton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 57 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 64% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 15 km/h (9 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 59% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
15°C (59 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, scattered clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
15°C (60 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
14°C (57 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Videos from this area
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Aston Martin Owners Club Spring Concours 2012
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Quainton Road Monday 5th May 2014 Gala with model railways
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Aston Martin Owners Club Spring Concours 2012
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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.
RAF Westcott
RAF Westcott was a World War II Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire. It was used by 11 OTU (Operational Training Unit) during the war, along with its satellite station RAF Oakley. RAF Westcott opened in September 1942 with crews using Wellington bombers for training. Many of these crews saw active service in Lancaster bombers in the fierce aerial campaign waged by RAF Bomber Command over occupied Europe.
Rocket Propulsion Establishment
The Rocket Propulsion Establishment at Westcott, Buckinghamshire on the site of the former RAF Westcott has made a number of notable contributions in the field of rocket propulsion, including input on the rocket design for the Blue Streak missile and the propulsion systems on Chevaline. It was also known as the Guided Projectiles Establishment and PERME Westcott (Propellants, Explosives and Rocket Motor Establishment, Westcott).
Wotton House
Wotton House, or Wotton, in Wotton Underwood (Buckinghamshire, UK), was built between 1704 and 1714, to a design very similar to that of the contemporary version of Buckingham House. The house is an example of English Baroque and a Grade I listed building. The grounds were laid out by London & Wise with a formal parterre and a double elm avenue leading down to a lake.
Ashendon Junction
Ashendon Junction in Buckinghamshire, England, was a major mainline railway junction where, from July 1910, the Great Western Railway's (GWR) London-Birmingham direct route diverged from the Great Central Railway's (GCR) main London-Sheffield route. The junction was where what is now the Chiltern Main Line (formerly the "Birmingham Direct Line" aka "Bicester cut-off" of the GWR), inaugurated in 1910, joined the post-1906 "Alternative Route" alignment of the GCR.
Dorton Halt railway station
Dorton Halt railway station was a railway station serving the village of Dorton in Buckinghamshire. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line. The station was geographically nearer to Brill than Brill and Ludgershall railway station.
Wotton railway station
Wotton railway station was a small station in Buckinghamshire, England, built by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in 1871. Part of a private horse-drawn tramway designed to carry freight from and around his lands in Buckinghamshire, Wotton station was intended to serve the Duke's home at Wotton House and the nearby village of Wotton Underwood. In 1872 the line was extended to the nearby town of Brill, converted to passenger use, equipped with steam locomotives, and renamed the Brill Tramway.
Wotton (GCR) railway station
Wotton was a railway station at Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, on the Great Central Railway's link line between Calvert and Ashendon Junction.
Westcott railway station
Westcott railway station was a small station built to serve the village of Westcott, Buckinghamshire and nearby buildings attached to Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's estate at Waddesdon Manor. It was built by the Duke of Buckingham in 1871 as part of a short horse-drawn tramway to allow for the transport of goods from and around his extensive estates in Buckinghamshire and to connect the Duke's estates to the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway at Quainton Road.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Ashendon.
- Aylesbury
- Calverton
- Stony Stratford
- Shenley Church End
- Loughton
- Remenham
- Oxford
- Bradwell
- Castlethorpe
- Milton Keynes
- Hurley
- Bisham
- Hanslope
- Simpson
- Wargrave
- Bow Brickhill
- Sonning
- Gayhurst
- Broughton
- Reading
- Twyford
- Wavendon
- Stoke Goldington
- Newport Pagnell
- Tilehurst
- Upper Basildon
- Cookham
- Lathbury
- Woburn Sands
- Woodley