Moreton
in Dorset of England, United Kingdom
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Bournemouth Airport (20 mi) - RNAS Yeovilton (26 mi)
- Southampton Airport (44 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (50 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (51 mi)
- RAF Lyneham (57 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (58 mi)
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Alderney Airport (69 mi) - RAF Fairford (71 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 106 mi)
- Ashley Wood Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Knighton Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Ferndown Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Portland Marina (marina, (12 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.700 and -2.283 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 42' 0" and W -2° 16' 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: 07:40 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:26 am and 8:44 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - References
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- 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: 2024-05-10 08:04:54
Delve into Moreton
Moreton in Dorset (England) is located in United Kingdom about 109 mi (or 175 km) south-west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Moreton is now 07:40 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports close to Moreton, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bournemouth Airport in a distance of 20 mi (or 32 km), 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 City of Bath in a distance of 55 mi (or 88 km), North-East. 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: Dorchester, Poole, Mere, Ansty and Bournemouth. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 64 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
| Night Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 73% |
| Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 11th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Sunday, 12th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 13th of May 2024
12°C (53 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Countryman Inn
Videos from this area
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M3 Grant
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Leopard 1
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Wiggle Super Series Jurassic Beast Sportive 2011
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Leopard 1
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Leopard 1, 2
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FV4203 Chieftain AVRE
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Bovington & Lulworth Cove
Museum of the Royal Armoured Corps.
Holt 75 video from 1916
I did this for a bit of fun using windows movie maker to adjust the footage from Tankfest 2008.
T34 85
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Daimler Armoured Car at Tankfest
Daimler, driven by Les, with a strange crew member at tankfest 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.
Clouds Hill
Clouds Hill is an isolated cottage near Wareham in the county of Dorset in South West England. It is the former home of T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and is now run as a museum by the National Trust.
Moreton (Dorset) railway station
Moreton (Dorset) railway station serves the villages of Moreton and Crossways in Dorset, England. It is operated by South West Trains and is served by their trains between London Waterloo and Weymouth. Moreton Station is immediately adjacent to an automatic half barrier level crossing. Like most similar situations, this used to be a manual crossing controlled by a local signal box. This was abolished in the 1960s when signals in the locality were automated.
Winfrith
Winfrith was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. It covered an area on Bovington Heath to the west of the village of Wool between the A352 road and the London Waterloo to Weymouth railway line. It opened in 1958 and was used for nuclear reactor research and development into the 1990s. The last reactor was shut down in 1995, although decommissioning of the site will not finish till 2018.
Dragon reactor
Dragon was a high temperature gas cooled reactor at Winfrith in England operated by UKAEA. Its purpose was to test fuel and materials for the European high temperature reactor programme, and was built and managed as an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency international project. Dragon used helium gas as coolant and coated particle fuel.
Cull-Peppers Dish
Cull-Peppers Dish is a 0.9-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1989.
Oakers Bog
Oakers Bog is a 30.7 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1988.
Winfrith Technology Centre
Winfrith Technology Centre is a science and technology park which is owned by English Partnerships . The site was a former UKAEA Winfrith Nuclear Power station which was in service from the 1950s to early 1990s. The Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor was also developed at the site. The centre is situated near the village of Winfrith Newburgh, which is some eight miles west of Wareham and nine miles east of Dorchester.
Norcon pillbox
The Norcon pillbox is a type of hardened field fortification built in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940-1941. It was a small circular pillbox named after the company that manufactured it as a private commercial venture. The Norcon pillbox was made from a concrete pipe 6 feet diameter and 4 feet high; the walls were 4 inches of non-reinforced concrete with several cut loopholes. The pipe would be sunk into the ground over a pit that would provide a total of 6 feet headroom.
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