West Chaldon
in Dorset of England, United Kingdom
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Bournemouth Airport (23 mi) - RNAS Yeovilton (29 mi)
- Southampton Airport (47 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (48 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (54 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (61 mi)
- RAF Lyneham (61 mi)
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Alderney Airport (65 mi) - RAF Fairford (75 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 82 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 110 mi)
- Ashley Wood Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Knighton Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Portland Marina (marina, (8 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.650 and -2.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 39' 0" and W -2° 19' 0"
- 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: 11:01 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:24 am and 8:46 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - 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: 2024-05-11 07:34:58
Delve into West Chaldon
West Chaldon in Dorset (England) is located in United Kingdom about 112 mi (or 180 km) south-west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in West Chaldon is now 11:01 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports close to West Chaldon, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bournemouth Airport in a distance of 23 mi (or 36 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 Dorset and East Devon Coast in a distance of 57 mi (or 92 km), 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, Bournemouth and Ansty. 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 | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 74% |
| Air Pressure | 1018 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 95% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 12th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Monday, 13th of May 2024
14°C (56 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 14th of May 2024
13°C (55 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Countryman Inn
Videos from this area
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Static Caravan Holiday Home in Warmwell Dorset
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Freestyle at Dorset Snowsport Centre 15th July 2012
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Mars 30 January 2010
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Llewelyn Powys - memorial stone.AVI
In the late 1920s and early 1930s the writers Llewelyn Powys and his wife Alyse Gregory lived in Chydyok Farm Cottage, Chaldon Herring, adjacent to his sisters Gertrude and Philippa Powys....
2011-09-24 Ringstead
Fabulous coastal flying at Ringstead. A site to be taken seriously. It can catch out the unwary in a variety of ways. See if you can spot one of them in the vid.........
Ringstead Ridge Slope Soaring
New Years Eve 2014 with the Moth.
808 camera test on windrider fox
Camera test at Ringstead Bay.
Durdel Door
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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.
Durdle Door
Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. It is privately owned by the Welds, a family who own 12,000 acres in Dorset in the name of the Lulworth Estate. It is open to the public. The name Durdle is derived from the Old English 'thirl' meaning bore or drill.
Chaldon Herring
Chaldon Herring or East Chaldon is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated within the Purbeck administrative district of the county, eight miles south-east of the county town of Dorchester. It is sited two miles from the coast amongst the chalk hills of the South Dorset Downs, the highest point in the area being Chaldon Hill about a mile and a half to the south overlooking the sea. It has a population of 166 (2001). 11.9% of dwellings are second homes.
Warmwell
Warmwell is a hamlet in south west Dorset, England, situated five miles south east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 97. Warmwell contains several historic buildings and from May 1937 was the home of RAF Station Woodsford airfield. It is now a popular holiday resort and contains a caravan park and several other small businesses.
Ringstead Bay
Ringstead Bay and the small village of Ringstead are located on the coast in Dorset, southern England. They are accessible by way of a private road that you have to pay £5 to be able to use with a car park at the end near the sea. There is an alternative car park that is free. This one is a national trust area and there is access to the sea by a 15- to 20-minute walk and there is also a picnic area. The area lies on the Jurassic Coast and is known for its natural beauty and fossils.
White Nothe
White Nothe (meaning "White Nose") is a chalk headland on the English Channel coast at the eastern end of Ringstead Bay, east of Weymouth in Dorset, England. The area is well known for its geology and fossils. Its flanks are the result of prehistoric landslides and the inaccessible slopes of the undercliff provide a secluded wildlife habitat. There is a zigzag path up the cliff, believed to be one of the locations used by smugglers in the book Moonfleet.
Bat's Head
Bat's Head is a chalk headland on the Dorset coast in southern England, located between Swyre Head and Durdle Door to the east, and Chaldon Hill and White Nothe to the west. There is a small but very visible cave at the base of the headland known as Bat's Cave. A spectacular path, part of the South West Coast Path, runs along the coast through rolling green downland countryside to the north of Bat's Head.
Scratchy Bottom
Scratchy Bottom (or Scratchy's Bottom) is a clifftop valley between Durdle Door and Swyre Head in Dorset, England. A dry valley in the chalk, it is surrounded by farmland at its sides and landward end, with cliffs at the seaward end. The name is thought to refer to a rough hollow. The location came second after Shitterton, also in Dorset, in a 2012 poll for "Britain's worst place name" carried out by the genealogy website Find My Past.
Swyre Head, Lulworth
See also Swyre Head, the highest hill in the Purbeck Hills. Swyre Head, Lulworth is a hill and sea cliff which lies on the Jurassic Coast between Bat's Head to the west and Durdle Door to the east, close to Lulworth (further to the east) in Dorset, England. It is located approximately 8 miles east of Weymouth and 14 miles west of Swanage.
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