Greatstone
in Kent of England, United Kingdom
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Lydd Airport (1 mi) - Kent International Airport (31 mi)
- Rochester Airport (34 mi)
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Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport (42 mi) - Calais-Dunkerque Airport (43 mi)
- Southend Airport (44 mi)
- London Biggin Hill Airport (48 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (52 mi)
- London City Airport (54 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (71 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 23 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 92 mi)
- Amiens Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 94 mi)
- Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (Unesco heritage, 108 mi)
- Littlestone Warren Golf Club (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Littlestone Golf Club (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Hemsted Forest Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Canterbury Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- London Club Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Herne Bay Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.962 and 0.962 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 57' 41" and E 0° 57' 43"
- 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: 07:53 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:52 am and 7:57 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - 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: 2024-04-17 08:01:42
Touring Greatstone
Greatstone in Kent (England) is a town located in United Kingdom about 60 mi (or 97 km) south-east of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Greatstone is now 07:53 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports nearby Greatstone, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Lydd Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 2 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 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church in a distance of 23 mi (or 36 km), North. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ashford, Maidstone, Boxley, Yalding and Upper Stoke. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 51 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 63% |
| Air Pressure | 1024 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (8 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 15% of sky |
| General Conditions | Few clouds |
Friday, 19th of April 2024
10°C (51 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
10°C (49 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
10°C (51 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Lydd Speedway DVD Production (09-10-2014)
Streaming production of a DVD I am making for Lydd Speedway.
PA28 taxi, take off and departure from Lydd Airport Runway 21
30 October 2010 Taxi, take-off and climb out from Lydd airport in a PA28-161. I haven't touched the soundtrack, but apolofies as I forgot to switch on the speaker so the camera mic couldn't...
Robin DR400 Landing at Lydd
Robin DR400 Landing at Lydd.
Take off from Lydd
Taking off from Lydd for a local flight filmed by my son Josh.
Jabiru landing & circuit, Lydd EGMD.
Circuit to runway 21 at Lydd International.
Ron & Mike fly to Lydd & Back Part Two
This is the second part to a movie clip made up of images taken when myself and Mike Wilkinson flew from Southend Airport to Lydd Airport. Very good round trip with sandwiches and tea a Lydd...
RH&DR - Hythe to NewRomney 2014
A trip from Hythe station to New Romney on the 'Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway'. 'Greengoddess', 'J.B.Snell' and 'Northern Chief' are featured in this video. Most of the film was in New...
Plane Crazy (Trailer)
Trailer for investigative documentary focussing on the proposed expansion of Lydd airport, a tiny airstrip in Kent.
Saturday 30th June 2012 THOMAS DAY
Locos include Green Godess, Northern Chief, Southern Maid, Hercules, Samson, Hurricane, Doctor Syn, THOMAS, TOBY and Captain Howey, one word for this day, EPIC!
New Romney Play Park
My family having fun at New Romney's play park.
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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.
Denge
Denge is a former Royal Air Force site near Dungeness, in Kent, England. It is best known for the early experimental acoustic mirrors which remain there. The acoustic mirrors, known colloquially as 'listening ears', at Denge are located between Greatstone-on-Sea and Lydd airfield, on the banks of a now disused gravel pit. The mirrors were built in the late 1920s and early 1930s as an experimental early warning system for incoming aircraft, developed by Dr William Sansome Tucker.
Romney Sands railway station
Romney Sands Railway Station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is located on the bleakest part of the Romney Marsh, a shingle peninsula.
New Romney railway station
New Romney railway station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in New Romney, Kent, England. It has always been the headquarters location of the railway.
Greatstone Dunes railway station
Greatstone Dunes railway station was a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. Opened on 24 May 1928, and bearing the attractive name 'Greatstone Dunes' this station served little obvious purpose, particularly as it was located only 1.3 miles south of the station at New Romney.
Lade railway station
Lade railway station was a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England.
War Department Halt railway station
The War Department halt was an informal railway station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. In 1929 a branch line was constructed curving away inland from south of Romney Sands station. This line was constructed at the request of the War Office and provided a train service to a secret military installation working on acoustic aircraft detection at Denge. Their work was highly successful, but almost immediately replaced by the superior invention known as radar.
Greatstone-on-Sea Halt railway station
Greatstone-on-Sea Halt was a railway station which served the modern village of Greatstone-on-Sea in Kent, England. The station opened in 1937 and closed in 1967.
New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea railway station
This article is about a closed railway station of the South Eastern Railway. For the current light railway station at New Romney, see New Romney railway station. New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea was a railway station which lay in between the villages of New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea in Kent, England. The station opened in 1884 and closed in 1967.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Greatstone.
Lydd › South-East, Lydd (source)
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Lydd: Airport, Lydd (source)
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