West Firle
in East Sussex of England, United Kingdom
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Shoreham Airport (17 mi) - London Gatwick Airport (24 mi)
- Redhill Aerodrome (27 mi)
- London Biggin Hill Airport (34 mi)
- Rochester Airport (39 mi)
- Fairoaks Airport (45 mi)
- London City Airport (46 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (49 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (72 mi)
- London Luton Airport (74 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 26 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 76 mi)
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Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (Unesco heritage, 93 mi) - Hollingbury Park Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Eastbourne Golfing Park (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Highwoods Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Cottesmore Golf and Country Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Chartham Park Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Kings Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 33 mi)
- Brighton Marina (marina, (9 mi)
- Sovereign Harbour Marina (marina, (11 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.845 and 0.087 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 50' 41" and E 0° 5' 13"
- 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: 05:18 PM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:44 am and 8:10 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.954 and -176.560 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Waitangi - 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: 2024-04-24 08:14:40
Delve into West Firle
West Firle in East Sussex (England) is located in United Kingdom about 47 mi (or 75 km) south of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in West Firle is now 05:18 PM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports close to West Firle, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Shoreham Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 27 km), 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 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites in a distance of 26 mi (or 41 km), North-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. We encountered 2 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: Lewes, Rottingdean, Brighton, Fulking and Felbridge. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 50 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 59% |
| Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 98% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
9°C (49 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
8°C (47 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
12°C (53 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Beechwood B&B
The Star Inn Alfriston
The Shelleys
The Forge
White Hart
Newhaven
Lewes Town Centre
Videos from this area
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New Residential Care Facilities, Newhaven
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Post Club Pilot
Paragliding Post Club Pilot.
My First Solo Hang Gliding Flight
Leaning to fly with the South Downs Hang Gliding School, current on my Club Pilot.. Until now, we'd been practising on small hills doing top to bottom. Now it's time for a proper flight from...
Salto H101 Elevator Servo Failure
The starboard elevator servo strips while attempting an inverted loop. I roll away from the slope and pull up, the model zooms to the stall, I realise that I have lost most of the control from...
Mountain Biking on the South Downs Way
The South Downs Way stretches from Winchester to Eastbourne 100 odd miles. It's now walk in the park and gets a bit muddy, as I found out on Spring day.
Hang gliding at Bo Peep
Nice day at Bo Peep. Almost hit the fence on takeoff but apart from that was a really cool day.
Pioneers: Rachel Holmes and Sigrid Rausing with Polly Toynbee
Eleanor Marx, the subject of Rachel Holmes' new biography, spent her life campaigning for a just society. Although dedicated to perpetuating the revolutionary theories of her father, Karl Marx,...
how not to land
a few bits of how not to land - spot the wing over the barbed wire fence.
Hang gliding at Bo Peep Hill (Firle)
In which I take delivery of a new Airbourne Sting 3 on a cold grey day at Bo Peep Hill, have a bit of a fly around, have a bad landing and order some bystanders around. I swear I was dumped....
Mark Your Ground Speed (Part 1)
Practising Cross Country Techniques at Firle (Part 1). Went on a short run (5 km) towards West Firle. Wind Direction: NNE Strength: 10 - 12 mph.
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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.
High Salvington Windmill
Durrington or High Salvington Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill in High Salvington, Sussex that has been restored and is in full working order. The mill stands 320 feet above sea level and is able to take advantage of incoming sea winds.
Glynde railway station
Glynde railway station serves Glynde in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line and train services are provided by Southern. An unstaffed station, a PERTIS passenger-operated self-service ticket machine, installed in connection with a Penalty Fares Scheme in 2008, is located on the eastbound (ie Eastbourne-bound) platform. A Shere passenger-operated self-service ticket machine has now been installed on the westbound - London-bound - platform.
Charleston Farmhouse
Charleston, the country home of the Bloomsbury group is an example of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's decorative style within a domestic context and represents the fruition of over sixty years of artistic creativity. Vanessa Bell wrote of this time; "It will be an odd life, but... it ought to be a good one for painting.
Glynde Place
Glynde Place is an Elizabethan Manor House at Glynde in East Sussex, England. It is the family home of the Viscounts Hampden, whose forebears built the house in 1569. The adjacent church was built in the eighteenth century. In 1883 the Brand family estate consisted of 8,846 acres in Sussex (inherited through the families of Morley and Trevor, and valued at £8,121 a year), 6,658 in Hertfordshire, 3,600 in Essex, 2,081 in county Cambridge, and 978 in Suffolk.
Firle Beacon
Firle Beacon is a hill in the South Downs of southern England. It is 217 metres high and is a Marilyn. It commands a far-reaching view. When the prevailing wind is northerly, the site is often used for gliding activities like slope soaring.
Firle Place
Firle Place is a Manor house in Firle, East Sussex, United Kingdom and is the family seat of Nicolas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage, whose family the Viscounts Gage have owned the land at Firle since acquiring it from the Levett family in the 15th century. The manor house was first built in the late 15th century by Sir John Gage, who made Firle Place his principal home. He held many high offices, including Constable of the Tower and was an executor of Henry VIII's will.
Beddingham
Beddingham is a village in the Lewes district of East Sussex.
Firle Corn
Firle Corn in Firle, East Sussex is a nearly lost hill figure whose existence can be seen by infrared photography. It looks like a small ear of corn found high up on the north east slope of Firle Beacon, but what it actually depicts is still undetermined. There is a legend suggesting that a giant called Gill was once cut on this same hill and that he was considered an adversary of the Long Man of Wilmington not far away.
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