Winfrith Newburgh
in Dorset of England, United Kingdom
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Bournemouth Airport (21 mi) - RNAS Yeovilton (29 mi)
- Southampton Airport (45 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (50 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (53 mi)
- RAF Lyneham (59 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (61 mi)
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Alderney Airport (66 mi) - RAF Fairford (74 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 82 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 108 mi)
- Ashley Wood Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Knighton Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Ferndown Golf Club (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Portland Marina (marina, (10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.662 and -2.274 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 39' 44" and W -2° 16' 27"
- 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: 05:21 AM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:41 am and 8:30 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
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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: 2024-04-30 08:30:35
Explore Winfrith Newburgh
Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset (England) with it's 326 inhabitants is a city in United Kingdom about 110 mi (or 177 km) south-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Winfrith Newburgh is now 05:21 AM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports in the vicinity of Winfrith Newburgh, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bournemouth Airport in a distance of 21 mi (or 33 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 55 mi (or 89 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: Dorchester, Poole, Bournemouth, Mere and Ansty. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 55 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 5% |
| Air Humidity | 68% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 9 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
10°C (49 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
12°C (54 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
10°C (50 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Countryman Inn
Videos from this area
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Dougie and Lotties party
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
St Oswald's Bay
St Oswald's Bay is located near Lulworth on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. The bay has a narrow beach of shingle with high chalk cliffs. There are sometimes rockfalls and landslides on the cliffs. The beach is cut off at high tide at the western end. At the eastern end, the climb to the shore is steep and slippery if wet. The beach is isolated with no facilities.
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