Manston
in Kent of England, United Kingdom
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Kent International Airport (1 mi) - Lydd Airport (32 mi)
- Southend Airport (32 mi)
- Rochester Airport (36 mi)
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Calais-Dunkerque Airport (38 mi) - Wethersfield Airport (56 mi)
- London City Airport (57 mi)
- Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport (59 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (60 mi)
- RAF Honington (73 mi)
- RAF Mildenhall (79 mi)
- RAF Lakenheath (80 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 12 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Fortifications of Vauban (Unesco heritage, 96 mi)
- Amiens Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- London Club Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Herne Bay Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Canterbury Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Littlestone Warren Golf Club (Golf course, 30 mi)
- Littlestone Golf Club (Golf course, 30 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.351 and 1.345 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 21' 3" and E 1° 20' 41"
- 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: 01:09 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:32 am and 8:12 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - 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: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Discover Manston
Manston in Kent (England) is a place in United Kingdom about 64 mi (or 103 km) east of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Manston is now 01:09 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 12 airports near Manston, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Kent International Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 1 km), South. 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 12 mi (or 20 km), South-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. 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: Ashford, Calais, Southend-on-Sea, Boulogne-sur-Mer and Leigh-on-Sea. 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 | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 11% |
| Air Humidity | 89% |
| Air Pressure | 1003 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
12°C (53 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
13°C (55 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
14°C (57 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Holiday Inn Express RAMSGATE - MINSTER
Alpha Hostel
The Royal Harbour
TRAVELODGE RAMSGATE SEAFRONT
Comfort Inn Ramsgate
Margate
TRAVELODGE MARGATE WESTWOOD
Ramsgate (Manston Airport)
Sands Hotel Margate
BELL HOTEL
Videos from this area
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thanet coast time lapes.
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Ron & Ed go to Manston
One cold January day myself and Ed Burt set off for Manston Airport in Kent. We left Southend where most of the snow had melted, only to find that in Kent, the snow still lay around! Just 28...
Lancaster Bomber @ Manston Airport Kent
Will once again apologize for poor quality as filmed via Cell phone although its become incredibly jerky since I uploaded on to here and with the hurricane conditions but just enjoy the aircraft...
Antonov 124 at Manston
Masive Antonov cargo aircraft at Manston airport.
Learjet45
Learjet45 at Manston in Kent, this is me having my OPC done.
Manston 1955 F-86 F-100 USAF SAC
Home Footage of Manston in 1955 by a American Tech Rep. During the Cold War of the 1950s, the United States Air Force used Manston as a Strategic Air Command base for its fighter and ...
FSX Flying with a Pilot - 0001 First Circuit
It's an overcast day with a poor horizon--not ideal for our first flight together, but all we are going to do is a quick circuit from Manston (EGMH) in the UK. Circuits at Manston are left-handed...
FSX Flying with a Pilot - 0007 Radio Navigation
Real-world pilots navigate using VHF Omni-directional Rangefinders (VORs). They define the start and end of most airways and break any flight into a series of easily manageable 'legs'. If we...
Apache Helicopter Display. Panasonic FZ200.
This was taken at the Southeast Air Show in Manston, Kent. UK. It's the first time i've taken video's with this camera at an air show, so it was more of a learning curve. The conditions were...
My first cirquit in the Learjet45
Nov 2008 fresh back from initial type training in Dallas, this is the 1st of 6 cirquits requred to finish the type training.
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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.
RAF Manston
RAF Manston was an RAF station in the north-east of Kent, at grid reference TR334663 on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996. The site is now split between a commercial airport Kent International Airport (KIA) and a continuing military use by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC), following on from a long standing training facility for RAF firefighters at the Manston base.
Westgate-on-Sea railway station
Westgate-on-Sea railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Westgate-on-Sea. Train services are provided by Southeastern.
Thanet West (UK Parliament constituency)
Thanet West was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent. It was created for the February 1974 general election, and returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The former constituency of Isle of Thanet was split into Thanet West (around Margate) and Thanet East (Ramsgate and Broadstairs).
Defence Fire Training and Development Centre
The Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC, formerly FSCTE Manston) is where Britain's Ministry of Defence trains its firefighters. It occupies part of a former Royal Air Force base near the village of Manston in the southeast corner of England. The remainder of the former RAF Manston is now part of Kent International Airport, a civilian airfield.
Dandelion Paddock
Dandelion Paddock was a first-class cricket ground in Dandelion, near Margate, Kent. Sir Horatio Mann organised a number of matches there in the 1790s.
Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea
Ursuline College (formerly Ursuline Convent School) is a Catholic Sports College located in Westgate-on-Sea, in north-east Kent, England, United Kingdom. Aimed at pupils aged 11 to 19, the college is based within the Ursuline and Catholic ethos, aiding and teaching its pupils within this regime.
Quex Park
Quex Park is 250 acres of parkland and gardens, along with Quex House and other buildings, located in Birchington-on-Sea in England. It is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum and to the Waterloo tower, an unusual secular bell tower.
St Augustine's Cross
St Augustine's Cross is a stone memorial in Kent, in a fenced enclosure on the south side of Cottington Road, west of Cliffs End, in Pegwell Bay, Thanet, about 2 miles west of Ramsgate, 3 miles north of Richborough Roman Fort, and 12 miles east of Canterbury, in the parish of Minster. The cross was erected in 1884 to commemorate the arrival of St Augustine in England in AD 597.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Manston.
- Ashford
- Calais
- Southend-on-Sea
- Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Leigh-on-Sea
- Upper Stoke
- Ipswich
- Tiptree
- Canvey Island
- High Halstow
- Boxley
- Cooling
- Maidstone
- Rochester
- Cuxton
- Halling
- Yalding
- Chelmsford
- Paddock Wood
- Montreuil
- Grays
- Dunkerque
- Wrentham
- Saint-Omer
- Fyfield
- Romford
- Dagenham
- Snetterton
- Bexleyheath
- Shropham
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
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