Farnborough
in Greater London of England, United Kingdom
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London Biggin Hill Airport (3 mi) - London City Airport (10 mi)
- Redhill Aerodrome (13 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (18 mi)
- Rochester Airport (19 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (24 mi)
- RAF Northolt (25 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (37 mi)
- London Luton Airport (40 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 10 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 10 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 13 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 16 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 44 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 65 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 74 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 118 mi)
- Broke Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Cray Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Barnehurst Golf Course (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Dartford Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Hartsbourne Country Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Ilford Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Chartham Park Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Kings Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Chingford Golf Club (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Hobbs Cross Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- London Eye (observation point, (13 mi)
- Lee Valley Marina Springfield (marina, (16 mi)
- The View from the Shard (observation point, (12 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.359 and 0.069 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 21' 34" and E 0° 4' 8"
- 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: 09:04 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:41 am and 8:13 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: 2024-04-25 08:17:04
Explore Farnborough
Farnborough in Greater London (England) with it's 9,033 inhabitants is a city in United Kingdom about 13 mi (or 21 km) south-east of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Farnborough is now 09:04 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports in the vicinity of Farnborough, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is London Biggin Hill Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 4 km), South-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 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church in a distance of 10 mi (or 16 km), North. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 3 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: Bromley, Catford, Bexleyheath, Woolwich and Croydon. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F
| Morning Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 5% |
| Air Humidity | 55% |
| Air Pressure | 1002 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 9 km/h (5 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 36% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
12°C (54 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
11°C (51 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
7 Hotel Diner
Clay Farm Guest House
TRAVELODGE CROYDON CENTRAL
Bull's Head Hotel
TRAVELODGE LONDON SIDCUP
TRAVELODGE LONDON BROMLEY
Bromley Court
Summerfield Pub & Boutique Rooms
Mary Rose Inn Hotel
London Eltham
Videos from this area
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A Few Trains at Orpington 15/11/14
A few trains seen at Orpington on Saturday 15th November 2014. 0:00 375814+375815 pass with 2R34 1210 London Charing Cross to Ramsgate and Canterbury West. 0:09 465014 arrives on 2M52 ...
34067 Tangmere at Orpington station 11/11/12
34067 Tangmere on the return leg of the Kentish Belle Armistice day special to Dover and back, light is fading fast as 34067 Tangmere appears from behind the 16:46 slow to Hastings at Orpington...
Brake Disc Skimming in Kent - Central Auto Centre, Orpington/Bromley, Kent, UK
A video showing our Orpington garage (Kent) skimming a car brake disc. This is a cost effective way to fix squealing brakes, brake judder and vibration. Suitable for all types of brake discs:...
Country Girl
Angela McCarron, Jenny Bartlett and John Edwards of Orpington Folk and Blues Club perform Country Girl at Farnborough Village Fair 2013.
Spitfire flying over Orpington in Kent
Supermarine Spitfire filmed flying over Orpington in Kent on 19th July 2014.
Bank Holiday Monday
A quick evening vlog on this bank holiday Monday here in the UK. Check out my friend Matt's first YouTube video at the link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgA_fiNSGQ&feature=plcp.
70013 Oliver Cromwell on Cathedrals Express at Orpington
Britannia Class Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell passes through Orpington on the evening of Wednesday 24th September 2008 with the return leg of the Cathedrals Express from Canterbury to London ...
Business Presentation Skills: How To Improve Them - Part 1
Business Presentation Skills at http://bluesquaremanagement.com/ This video is 1 of 7, and was taken at the 4Networking event at Orpington (business networking). It shows Marc Lemezma giving...
Business Presentation Skills: How To Improve Them Part 3
Business Presentation Skills at http://bluesquaremanagement.com/ This is Part 3 of 7 of Marc Lemezma's 4Sight presentation on how to improve your presentation skills, which he did at the 4Networki...
Business Presentation Skills: How To Improve Them Part 7
Business Presentation Skills at http://bluesquaremanagement.com/ The final part, part 7 of 7, of Marc Lemezma's 4Sight talk on How To Improve Your Presentation Skills that he gave at the 4Networki...
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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.
Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)
Orpington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jo Johnson, a Conservative.
Crofton Roman Villa
Crofton Roman Villa in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, is a Roman villa which was inhabited between approximately 140 and 400 AD. It was the centre of a farming estate of about 500 acres (2 km²), with farm buildings nearby, surrounded by fields, meadows and woods. The house was altered several times during its 260 years of occupation, and at its largest it probably had at least 20 rooms. The remains of ten rooms can be seen today.
Green Street Green
Green Street Green is a locality in the London Borough of Bromley at grid reference TQ455635. It forms part of the Orpington post town. The nearest railway station is Chelsfield railway station, to the north east. The name originates from La Grenestrete c.1290, meaning the green or grassy hamlet. It is recorded as Greenstreet Green in 1819, the addition of the suffix Green, referring to a village green.
2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash
On 30 March 2008, a Cessna 501 Citation crashed into a house in Farnborough, London (UK), near Biggin Hill Airport, from where the aircraft had taken off a short time before. There were no survivors among the five people on board, which included former racing drivers Richard Lloyd and David Leslie.
Princess Royal University Hospital
Princess Royal University Hospital is a large acute district general hospital situated in Locksbottom, near Farnborough, in the London Borough of Bromley. It was opened on the 1st April 2003 on the site of the former Farnborough Hospital, where it was built to house the services previously provided by Bromley and Farnborough Hospitals.
Crofton, London
Crofton is a district in the London Borough of Bromley in southeast London, England. It is located at TQ445665.
High Elms Country Park
High Elms Country Park is an extensive 250-acre public park on the North Downs in Farnborough in the London Borough of Bromley. It is a Local Nature Reserve, and together with the neighbouring Downe Bank, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The park surrounds High Elms Golf Course, and has extensive woodland, chiefly oak and beech, chalk meadows and formal gardens. It also has a cafe, a visitor centre, nature and history trails and car parks.
Crofton Wood
Crofton Wood or Crofton Woods is a Local Nature Reserve, a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Crofton in the London Borough of Bromley. Kyd Brook goes through the Wood. It is a large area of ancient woodland on London Clay, which supports many types of trees, shrubs and herbs. Trees in the ancient wood are mainly oak and hazel, with a central area of former fields.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Farnborough.
Bexley: Farnborough Common/Croydon Rd, Bexley (source)
Bromley: Kentish Way N of Masons Hill, Bromley (source)
Bromley: Tweedy Rd N of Widmore Rd, Bromley (source)
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