Thornton le Moors
in Cheshire of England, United Kingdom
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Liverpool John Lennon Airport (5 mi) - Hawarden Airport (9 mi)
- Manchester Airport (24 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (29 mi)
- Blackpool International Airport (36 mi)
- Barrow Walney Island Airport (62 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (63 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (72 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 21 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 38 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 103 mi)
- Delamere Forest Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Eccleston Park Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Hartford Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Bowring Park Golf Course (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Haydock Park Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Bidston Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Bootle Golf Course (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Houghwood Golf (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Mossock Hall Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Beacon Park Golf Country Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.267 and -2.833 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 16' 0" and W -2° 49' 59"
- 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: 07:11 AM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:07 am and 8:14 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: 2024-04-15 07:59:01
Explore Thornton le Moors
Thornton le Moors in Cheshire (England) is located in United Kingdom about 167 mi (or 268 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Thornton le Moors is now 07:11 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Thornton le Moors, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Liverpool John Lennon Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 8 km), North. 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 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal in a distance of 21 mi (or 33 km), South. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. 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: Ince, Elton, Stoke, Guilden Sutton and Hale. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 49 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 57% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 32% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 17th of April 2024
9°C (48 °F)
5°C (40 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 18th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Friday, 19th of April 2024
12°C (53 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Stone Villa Guest House
Macdonald New Blossoms
Chester Brooklands Bed and Breakfast
The Hallmark Queen Hotel
Mercure Chester Abbots Well Hotel
Ba Ba Guest House
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel - Spa Chester
Base Serviced Apartments - City Road
Hampton by Hilton Liverpool-John Lennon Airport
Chester Court Hotel
Videos from this area
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Rare Parrots Hatch at Chester Zoo
A little behind-the-scenes look at our keepers' work with one of the world's rarest parrot species - the grey-breasted parakeet. The parakeets are critically endangered in the wild with no...
Kissing Orangutan - Chester Zoo.mp4
14th August 2012 - Visiting the Orangatan enclosure. We found someone who like to kiss. Video features Me, James, Kellie and Tia.
Baby rhino born at Chester Zoo
The baby black rhino, called Chanua (meaning 'blossom' in Swahili), was born in October 2012 to mum Ema Elsa. With only around 700 left in the wild, black rhinos are critically endangered and...
In the twelve months to Christmas Chester Zoo gave to me...
We've been busy here at Chester Zoo, but some of our staff have found the time to prepare a little musical number to say a big thank you to all of our supporters. Wishing you a Merry Christmas...
Merseyrail Train No 507010 Arriving at Ellesmere Port Station.
MSC Pelican (preserved crane barge) Ellesmere Port Boat Museum 31st January 2009
A short video of MSC Pelican at Ellesmere Port Boat Museum. The Pelican was built in 1956. Videoed: Saturday, 31st January 2009.
Half an Hour at (34) Guilden Sutton | Chester 15.5.2014 Class 47 56 142 175 221
Video 34 takes me to Guilden Sutton, a small village just outside Chester close to Mickle Trafford junction. This usually pretty quiet location is much busier at the moment with Virgin services...
Guilden Sutton Chester 15.5.2014 - Northern Belle Railtour Class 47
DRS 47813 and 47828 on a Northern Belle Charter from York to Holyhead passing Guilden Sutton, Chester.
SiC 21273 DK09GYH on 32 to Chester City Centre 20130130
SiC Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban 21273 DK09GYH on Park & Ride route 32 from Upton (Chester Zoo) to Chester City Centre on the 30th January 2013.
Chester Zoo Chimpanzees
Took this video on a trip to Chester zoo of the chimps playing around.
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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.
Stanlow Refinery
Stanlow Refinery is an oil refinery owned by Essar Energy in Ellesmere Port, North West England. It was previously owned by Royal Dutch Shell until 2011. The refinery is situated on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, which is used to transport seaborne oil for refining and chemicals for Essar and Shell. Stanlow has a refining capacity of 12 million tonnes per year with a barrel per day capacity of 296,000.
Stanlow and Thornton railway station
Stanlow & Thornton railway station is located within the Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire, England. It lies on the Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line with services operated by Northern Rail. The station is surrounded by the refinery site, so as a result most station users are refinery employees. The North Cheshire Rail User Group, supports and actively campaigns for an improved service at this station and for this railway line.
Ince and Elton railway station
Ince and Elton railway station, on the Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line, serves both Ince and Elton in Cheshire, England. The station is unstaffed as it rarely sees a train at any meaningful time of day. 296 passengers are recorded as using the station in 2009–10. A rail user group, the North Cheshire Rail User Group, supports and actively campaigns for an improved service at this station and for this railway line. Northern Rail's 'Adopt-a-Station' scheme is in operation at this station.
St James' Church, Ince
St James' Church, Ince, is in the village of Ince, Cheshire, England. The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham. Its benefice is united with that of St Mary, Thornton-le-Moors.
St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors
St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors is a redundant Anglican church in the small village of Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England. The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and it is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Gowy Meadows Nature Reserve
Gowy Meadows Nature Reserve is a 165.8-hectare nature reserve near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It consists of low-lying meadows immediately to the east of the River Gowy near its confluence with the River Mersey, south of Stanlow Oil Refinery and west of the village of Thornton-le-Moors (from where a public footpath follows Thornton Brook across the site). It is managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust on behalf of the landowner, Shell UK.
Ince Hall
Ince Hall was a country house near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It stood in the grounds of the ruined Stanlow Abbey. It was a house in Italianate style that was extended by the Lancaster firm of architects Sharpe and Paley in 1849. The extension cost at least £7,448 (£ as of 2013). At this time it was occupied by Eliza Jane Waldegrave, daughter of the architect Edmund Sharpe's godfather Edmund Yates.
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