Read
in Lancashire of England, United Kingdom
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Blackpool International Airport (27 mi) - Leeds Bradford Airport (29 mi)
- Manchester Airport (31 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (33 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (38 mi)
- Barrow Walney Island Airport (43 mi)
- RAF Linton-On-Ouse (48 mi)
- Hawarden Airport (50 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (80 mi)
- Newcastle Airport (89 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 91 mi) - Burnley Golf Club (Glen View) (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Green Haworth Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Towneley Park Golf Course (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Baxenden Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Blackburn Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Rossendale Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Darwen Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Bacup Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Bolton Open Golf Complex (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Walmersley Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.806 and -2.359 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 48' 23" and W -2° 21' 32"
- 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: 05:48 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:39 am and 8:34 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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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: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Explore Read
Read in Lancashire (England) is located in United Kingdom about 184 mi (or 297 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Read is now 05:48 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the wider vicinity of Read, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Blackpool International Airport in a distance of 27 mi (or 44 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 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City in a distance of 62 mi (or 100 km), South-East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. 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: Burnley, Blackburn, Bury, Bolton and Rochdale. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 49 °F
| Morning Temperature | 2°C / 35 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 68% |
| Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 57% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
4°C (40 °F)
3°C (38 °F)
Rain and snow, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
11°C (53 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
14°C (58 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Norwood Guest House
Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa
The Barley Mow
Best Western Higher Trapp Country House
BEST WESTERN MYTTON FOLD HOTEL AND GOLF
Sparth House Hotel
The Old Post House Hotel
The Red Pump Inn
The Pendle Inn
Videos from this area
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Chariots of Fire Great Harwood show
Pony V trap race around the main arena at the new showground Great Harwood show 2009.
Accrington Horse Show 2014: Darcy
Watch Darcy perform at the Accrington & District Riding Club Horse Show in Great Harwood on 20th July 2014.
Morris Minor 1000 engine run
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2015 01 13 12:04 Dredger Wigan
Feeding the Birds on a GoPro at Spring Wood at Whalley
Feeding the Birds on a GoPro at Spring Wood at Whalley in Lancashire's Ribble Valley We have a GoPro head camera which we use to record action sports. As it is waterproof, we thought we'd...
Accrington Sea Cadets Drill Routine
This was a display we performed at our annual presentation evening on the 15th March 2013.
2013 07 06 15:43 The Gnome Rishton Too
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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.
Oakenshaw, Lancashire
Oakenshaw is a village in Lancashire, in England. It is situated between Clayton-le-Moors and Great Harwood.
Huncoat railway station
Huncoat railway station is a request stop only railway station which serves the village of Huncoat, between Accrington and Burnley in Lancashire. The station is 8 miles east of Blackburn railway station on the East Lancashire Line operated by Northern Rail.
Hyndburn Brook
Hyndburn Brook is a minor river of Lancashire in England. Hyndburn Brook eventually joins the River Calder near Great Harwood.
Sabden Brook
Sabden Brook is a small river running through Lancashire in England. Rising just to the west of Newchurch-in-Pendle, Sabden Brook moves westward through its well-defined valley, past Sabden Hall to the village of Sabden, east of the town of Whalley. From there, the brook turns southwesterly, widening out, overlooked by Wiswell Moor and the Iron Age fort at Portfield before conjoining with the waters of the River Calder at Cock Bridge near Read.
A678 road
The A678 is a road in Lancashire, England, which runs between the towns of Blackburn and Padiham. The road was formerly the main route between Blackburn and Burnley before it was bypassed by the M65 motorway which opened in the 1980s. It currently runs between the A6078 Blackburn Town Centre Orbital Route and the A671 in Padiham, via the small towns of Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors, having been extended at the Blackburn end when the A677 was renumbered east of Blackburn.
Huntroyde Hall
Huntroyde Hall or Huntroyde Demesne (known locally simply as 'Huntroyde') is a grade II listed 16th century house and estate bordering the north west edge of the town of Padiham, Lancashire, England, near Simonstone. The house was originally constructed to an H-shaped plan in 1576 for the Starkie family but re-built in the Georgian style in the mid-19th century. Additional wings were added to the west side in 1777 and 1850 which have since been demolished. The house was faced in stone in 1885.
Accrington brick
Accrington bricks, or NORIs were a type of iron hard engineering brick, produced in Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire, England from 1887 to 2008. They were famed for their strength, and were used for the foundations of the Blackpool Tower and the Empire State Building.
St James' Church, Altham
St James' Church, Altham, is located in the village of Altham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Accrington, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice has been united with that of All Saints, Clayton-le-Moors. The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.
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