Ball
in Shropshire of England, United Kingdom
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Hawarden Airport (25 mi) - Liverpool John Lennon Airport (37 mi)
- Manchester Airport (49 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (51 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (59 mi)
- Blackpool International Airport (66 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (73 mi)
- Barrow Walney Island Airport (91 mi)
- RAF Fairford (94 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 12 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 36 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 72 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 115 mi)
- Delamere Forest Golf Club (Golf course, 32 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.817 and -3.033 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 49' 0" and W -3° 1' 59"
- 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: 12:48 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:02 am and 8:19 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - 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: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Explore Ball
Ball in Shropshire (England) is a city in United Kingdom about 153 mi (or 246 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Ball is now 12:48 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports in the vicinity of Ball, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Hawarden Airport in a distance of 25 mi (or 40 km), North. 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 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal in a distance of 12 mi (or 19 km), North-East. Also, if you like golfing, there is an option about 32 mi (or 51 km). away. 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: Oswestry, Whittington, Great Ness, Westbury and Llanfechain. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 51 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Night Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 65% |
| Air Pressure | 1020 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 15 km/h (9 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 60% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
10°C (49 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
8°C (47 °F)
3°C (38 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
6°C (43 °F)
4°C (40 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Wynnstay Hotel and Spa
Fitzwarine House
TRAVELODGE OSWESTRY
Oswestry
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newtown old montgomery canal part 2 PANT
Montgomery canal in and round PANT 5 June 2009 The end of LLYNCLYS CAMBRIAN HERTAGE RAILWAY line at penygarrer lane near station road pant.
the montgomery canal update 19 june 2010
a walk by the old canal near pant.
DMU runs in to Pen-Y-Garreg lane Halt
A Cambrian Heritage Railways DMU runs in to Pen-Y-Garreg lane Halt at Pant from Llynclys south station. - taken on 8-09-12 www.osrail.co.uk.
Cambrian Heritage Railways - Llynclys
A very short embryo preservation line near Oswestry. Great things await - hopefully - if people get their act together.
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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.
Morda
Morda is a village on the outskirts of the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England, located near the border of England and Wales. It is named after the River Morda, which, with the River Tanat, is one of the first major tributaries joining the River Severn as it wends its way from its birthplace on Plynlimon, mid-Wales, to the Bristol Channel.
Montgomery Canal
The Montgomery Canal (or Montgomeryshire Canal), known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in Powys, in eastern Wales, and in northwest Shropshire, in western England. Originally planned to run from Llanymynech to Newtown via Welshpool, the canal is today considered to run 33 miles from the Llangollen Canal to Newtown.
Cambrian Heritage Railways
The Cambrian Heritage Railways are a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and in Oswestry in it's newly restored railway station, Shropshire, Western England. Formed after the 2009 merger of the Cambrian Railways Society and the Cambrian Railways Trust, it aims to reinstate the infrastructure required to operate trains from Gobowen to Llynclys Junction (for Pant), and to Blodwel.
Llynclys
Llynclys /ˈlʌŋklɪs/ is a small village in Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Llanyblodwel. It lies north of Pant at the crossroads of the A483 and B4396, where there are several houses and a pub, the White Lion. The name Llynclys is based on the Welsh word for lake, llyn, and Llynclys Pool still lies near to the village.
Maesbury
Maesbury is a small scattered community in Shropshire, England, south of the town of Oswestry, falling within the Oswestry Rural parish. Maesbury traditionally consists of five hamlets: Ball, Gwernybrenin, Newbridge, Maesbury and Penisbury Marsh, though the wider area now includes Aston and Woolston. Maesbury Marsh is at the southern end of the area. There is a public house here, located by the main road bridge over Montgomery Canal, called the Navigation Inn.
Llynclys South railway station
Llynclys South is a railway station on the Cambrian Heritage Railways's line in Shropshire. It is on the edge of the village of Llynclys, just south of Llynclys station, on the other side of the B4396 road. During the original commercial operation of the line the site was used for goods handling. The station was built as an alternative to the original Llynclys station, which has become a private house. Work on the South station began in 2004 and opened to the public in 2005.
Osbaston, Oswestry
Osbaston is a small village in the English county of Shropshire. Osbaston lies on the B4396 road some five miles to the south of Oswestry.
Morda Tramway
The Morda Tramway refers to two industrial railways south of Oswestry, on the border between England and Wales. They connected the coal pits around Morda to transport networks, the first to the Montgomery Canal and the second to the Cambrian Railways at Whitehaven.
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