Monkton
in Kent of England, United Kingdom
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Kent International Airport (3 mi) - Lydd Airport (30 mi)
- Southend Airport (30 mi)
- Rochester Airport (34 mi)
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Calais-Dunkerque Airport (39 mi) - London City Airport (54 mi)
- Wethersfield Airport (55 mi)
- Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport (59 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (59 mi)
- RAF Honington (73 mi)
- RAF Mildenhall (78 mi)
- RAF Lakenheath (80 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 9 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 44 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 51 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 64 mi)
- Fortifications of Vauban (Unesco heritage, 97 mi)
- Amiens Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- London Club Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Herne Bay Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Canterbury Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Littlestone Warren Golf Club (Golf course, 28 mi)
- Littlestone Golf Club (Golf course, 28 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.338 and 1.282 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 20' 17" and E 1° 16' 54"
- 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: 03:06 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:36 am and 8:08 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: 2024-04-25 08:17:04
Touring Monkton
Monkton in Kent (England) is a town located in United Kingdom about 62 mi (or 99 km) east of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Monkton is now 03:06 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 12 airports nearby Monkton, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Kent International Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 4 km), 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 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church in a distance of 9 mi (or 15 km), South-West. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ashford, Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Upper Stoke and Calais. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 48 °F
| Morning Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 4% |
| Air Humidity | 77% |
| Air Pressure | 1005 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 98% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
9°C (47 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
11°C (53 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
13°C (56 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Holiday Inn Express RAMSGATE - MINSTER
Alpha Hostel
Ramsgate (Manston Airport)
BELL HOTEL
Videos from this area
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Power factors lift at flats in Birchington
This lift look like a Pickerings but it says "Power Factors Lifts". This is the first lift with no inner doors that I have found in the UK. (apart from platform lifts). This lift is at...
Real Olympic Torch 2012 in Thanet
Filmed at 1 a.m. on July 19 in Birchington, this is the first video of the Olympic Torch 2012 visiting Thanet towards the end of its long journey around the UK. No, not that torch, the *Real*...
VSOE Kent Circular
67026 brings the regular VSOE circular around Kent through an extremely wet and breezy Birchington. The things I do with the rare days off I get - despite the weather!!! (28/03/08)
Quex Park Maize Maze 2014. Drone camera footage.
A Drone Hexacopter ( 6 propellors-6 motors) flying over the Maize Maze at Quex Park in Birchington, Kent, UK. The drone rises up revealing the image which turns out to be............a rhino's head!
Ronnie Scott's Rejects, live at The Minnis,
Ronnie Scott's Rejects, live at Minnie Bay, Birchington. Awesome band.
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...
How to park a bike on a bonnet
how to Write-off an unmarked police car with a motor bike.
olly murs@quex park
olly murs live at quex park :) x.
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...
Learjet45
Learjet45 at Manston in Kent, this is me having my OPC done.
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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.
Little Stour
The Little Stour is one of the tributaries of the River Stour in the English county of Kent. The upper reaches of the river are better known as the Nailbourne, whilst the lower reaches were once known as the Seaton Navigation. The intermittent source of the river is at Lyminge, and in its early reaches from Lyminge to Littlebourne it forms a chalk stream and winterbourne that is normally known as the Nailbourne.
Birchington-on-Sea
Birchington-on-Sea is a village in northeast Kent, England, with a population of around 9,800. It is part of the Thanet district and forms the civil parish of Birchington. It lies on the coast facing the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary, between the seaside resorts of Herne Bay and Margate. As a seaside resort, the village is a notable tourist and retirement destination.
Minster railway station
Minster railway station serves Minster in Kent and surrounding villages. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern.
North Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)
North Thanet (also known as Thanet North) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1983 creation by Sir Roger Gale, a Conservative.
Sarre Windmill
Sarre Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in Sarre, Kent, England that was built in 1820, and is now a commercially working windmill that has been restored and is open to the public.
Thanet Earth
Thanet Earth is a large industrial agriculture project consortium under construction in the United Kingdom. As of early March 2009, food has been harvested. Located on the Isle of Thanet, in Kent it will be the largest greenhouse complex in the UK, covering 90 hectares, or 220 acres of land. It is estimated it will increase UK salad crop (cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes) production by 15%.
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.
All Saints' Church, Shuart
All Saints' Church, Shuart, in the north-west of the Isle of Thanet, Kent, was established in the Anglo-Saxon period as a chapel of ease for the parish of St. Mary's, Reculver, which was centred on the north-eastern corner of mainland Kent, adjacent to the island. The Isle of Thanet was then separated from the mainland by the sea, which formed a strait known as the Wantsum Channel.
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