Swavesey
in Cambridgeshire of England, United Kingdom
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RAF Wyton (6 mi) - Cambridge Airport (10 mi)
- Duxford Airport (16 mi)
- RAF Mildenhall (21 mi)
- RAF Lakenheath (25 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (31 mi)
- London Luton Airport (33 mi)
- London City Airport (55 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 42 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 78 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 87 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 94 mi)
- Saltaire (Unesco heritage, 107 mi)
- Brampton Park Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Ramsey Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Elton Furze Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- East Herts Golf Club (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Chesfield Downs Golf Club (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.302 and -0.005 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 18' 5" and W -0° 0' 17"
- 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: 03:07 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:34 am and 8:20 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: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Touring Swavesey
Swavesey in Cambridgeshire (England) with it's 2,463 residents is a town located in United Kingdom about 55 mi (or 89 km) north of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Swavesey is now 03:07 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports nearby Swavesey, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is RAF Wyton in a distance of 6 mi (or 9 km), North-West. 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 42 mi (or 67 km), South-West. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Barton, Grantchester, Cambridge, Wimpole and Whaddon. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 44 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 40 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 6% |
| Air Humidity | 94% |
| Air Pressure | 1004 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
13°C (55 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
17°C (63 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Madingley Hall
The Golden Ball Hotel
Hallmark Hotel
THE CAMBRIDGE BELFRY - QHOTELS
Olivers Lodge
Best Western Dolphin Hotel
TRAVELODGE CAMBRIDGE SWAVESEY
Ramada Cambridge Days Inn Cambridge
TRAVELODGE CAMBRIDGE LOLWORTH
TRAVELODGE HUNTINGDON FENSTANTON
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Cambridge to St Ives, on a bike. (via the busway)
See the ride via the City Centre of Cambrige, the guided busway and onto St Ives (Cambs)
Teddy Takes A Tumble - World Famous Parachuting Bears of Cambridgeshire!!!!!
Every village has its quintessential and delightful gatherings and Swavesey, Cambridgeshire is no exception. Join in the delight of the villagers and guests who assembled on Saturday the 20th...
St Ives to Cambridge Railway (fast version)
A high speed walk along the St Ives railway between Fen Drayton and Cambridge. See the rails for the last time, before the dreaded guided busway takes them away for ever. The journey passes...
Lake & river walk - Part 1
This is part 1 (of 7) short videos showing one of the walks around Fen Drayton RSPB reserve that also encompasses parts of the Great Ouse and the Cambridge to St Ives guided busway. It's...
Cambridgeshire Steam Rally 2013, Swavesey (20 - 21 July 2013)
Photos of the event can be found here: http://rhobbs.co.uk/cra Various bits of footage from the 2013 Cambridgeshire Steam Rally held at Swavesey, Cambs, UK on 20-21 July 2013.
Cambridgeshire Steam Rally 2012, Swavesey (21 - 22 July 2012)
Photos of the event can be found here: http://rhobbs.co.uk/bh9 Various bits of footage from the 2012 Cambridgeshire Steam Rally held at Swavesey, Cambs, UK on 21-22 July 2012.
Lakes and river walk - Part 7
Fen Drayton RSPB reserve that also encompasses parts of the Great Ouse and the Cambridge to St Ives guided busway. It's part vlog and part general interest. ...
A Seal at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire. HD Video.
The fields around the lakes have flooded, as they annually do. In the river is a seal that is climbing up the flood defences to get into the field, now a mere, with swollen water from the lake...
Cambridge to St Ives (Mis?) Guided Busway in first week of opening
The New Cambridge to St Ives Guided Busway in operation in its first week open to the public. Overdue, Overbudget and involving the destruction of a perfectly good railway line, but worth a...
Cambridgeshire Steam Rally 2010, Swavesey (24 - 25 July 2010)
Photos of the event can be found here: http://rhobbs.co.uk/a28 Cambridgeshire Steam Rally 2010, held at Swavesey Showground on 24 - 25 July 2010.
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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.
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Modern Cambridgeshire was formed from the historic counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, together with the Isle of Ely and the Soke of Peterborough; it contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen.
New Bedford River
The New Bedford River, also known as the Hundred Foot Drain because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river, is a man-made cut-off or by-pass channel of the River Great Ouse in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. It provides an almost straight channel between Earith and Denver Sluices. It is tidal, with reverse tidal flow being clearly visible at Welney, some 19 miles from the sea.
Swavesey Rural District
Swavesey was a rural district in Cambridgeshire, England, from 1894 to 1934. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the St Ives rural sanitary district which was in Cambridgeshire (the rest being in Huntingdonshire). It covered the civil parishes of Boxworth Conington Fen Drayton Lolworth Over Swavesey It was merged in 1934 under a County Review Order into the Chesterton Rural District. It now forms part of the South Cambridgeshire district.
Swavesey railway station
Swavesey railway station was a station in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire on the line between Cambridge and St Ives which was closed for passenger services in 1970. The station remained derelict until it was demolished in 2007 for construction of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway service which utilises the trackbed of the old railway. Preceding station Disused railways Following station St Ives Great Eastern Railway Long Stanton
Mare Fen
Mare Fen is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It lies north of the village of Swavesey and west of Over in the county of Cambridgeshire.
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