Bishops Lydeard
in Somerset of England, United Kingdom
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Cardiff International Airport (24 mi) - RNAS Yeovilton (24 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (25 mi)
- MOD St. Athan (26 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (30 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (41 mi)
- Swansea Airport (54 mi)
- Plymouth City Airport (60 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 51 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 89 mi)
- Enmore Park Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Brean Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Exeter Golf And Country Club (Golf course, 28 mi)
- Brean Sands (amusement park, (17 mi)
- Tropiquaria (zoo, (10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.059 and -3.188 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 3' 33" and W -3° 11' 16"
- 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: 03:49 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:26 am and 8:51 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: 2024-05-10 08:04:54
Discover Bishops Lydeard
Bishops Lydeard in Somerset (England) with it's 2,040 citizens is a place in United Kingdom about 136 mi (or 219 km) west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Bishops Lydeard is now 03:49 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports near Bishops Lydeard, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Cardiff International Airport in a distance of 24 mi (or 39 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 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 51 mi (or 82 km), North. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. We encountered 2 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. 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: Taunton, Bleadon, Barry, Weston-super-Mare and Hutton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 68 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 73% |
| Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 88% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 12th of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 13th of May 2024
12°C (54 °F)
9°C (47 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 14th of May 2024
14°C (56 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Meryan House Hotel
Beaufort Lodge
Castle at Taunton
Fitzhead Inn
No. 71
Corner House Taunton
Days Inn Taunton
TRAVELODGE WELLINGTON SOMERSET
Videos from this area
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South West Trains Class 159s Arrive and Depart Bishops Lydeard
South West Trains Class 159s Arrive and Depart Bishops Lydeard on the 17/05/2014 with a rail tour from London Waterloo.
(HD)Steam train S&DJR 53808 Departs Bishops Lydeard 22nd August 2009
(HD)steam train S&DJR 53808 Departs Bishops Lydeard 22nd August 2009.
West Somerset Railway Bishops Lydeard
am 31. August 2013 Featuring 9351 'mogul' ; 3850 ; 6960 "Raveningham Hall" ; D832 "Onslaught" Warship class ; D1035 "Western Yeoman" Musik : "Heimlich" highland-musikarchiv.comWSR.
West Somerset Model Railway at Bishops Lydeard
Scenes of the Model Railway housed at Bishops Lydeard Station.
West Somerset Railway. 2-6-0 9351 departs from Bishops Lydeard. 3rd August 2012
GWR designed 2-6-0 9351 is seen at Bishops Lydeard, departing with the 11.05 for Minehead on the 3rd August 2012. Bishops Lydeard Station is the southern terminus of the West Somerset Railway....
at Bishops Lydeard station on the West Somerset Railway
preserved trains coming and going , picking up water and carriages at the West Somerset Railway ( WSR ) ex GWR station at Bishops Lydeard near Taunton.
D2133 Departing Bishops Lydeard | WSR | 28/7/2011
After leaving plymouth early hours of the morning and arriving a hour before the first train departs standing at bishops lydeard alone with my mother was very odd indeed. seeing staff arriving...
Bishops Lydeard Railway Station & Steam Train Ride - December 1991
Getting on the steam train to go and see Father Christmas at Bishops Lydeard.
Kinlet Hall Steam train leaving Bishops Lydeard.
Kinlet Hall Steam train leaving Bishops Lydeard. 13-Apr-2009, 16:00 to Minehead. West Somerset Railway.
WSR - Bishop's Lydeard
The WSR held a gala and these shots are from the 20th March 2010. They show some comings and goings from Bishop's Lydeard station. 6024 King Edward 1 departs on the 12pm to Minehead, 92203 ...
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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.
Norton Fitzwarren rail crash (1940)
The Norton Fitzwarren rail crash occurred on 4 November 1940 between Taunton and Norton Fitzwarren in the English county of Somerset, when the driver of a train misunderstood the signalling and track layout, causing him to drive the train through a set of points and off the rails. 27 people were killed. The locomotive involved was GWR King Class King George VI which was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Norton Fitzwarren railway station
Norton Fitzwarren railway station is an untimetabled station on the West Somerset Railway in Somerset, England. It was built in 2009 about 0.25 miles north of the site of the old (Norton Fitzwarren) station that served the village of Norton Fitzwarren from 1873 until 1961. There have been fatal railway accidents in the vicinity in 1890, 1940 and 1978.
West Bagborough Hoard
The West Bagborough Hoard is a hoard of 670 Roman coins and 72 pieces of hacksilver found in October 2001 by metal detectorist James Hawkesworth near West Bagborough in Somerset, England.
Merrifield Children's Unit
Merrifield Children’s Unit (also known as Merryfield or Merrifields) was a residential children’s and adolescents’ psychiatric institution in the grounds of Tone Vale Hospital (an adult mental hospital) approximately 3 km north west of Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, Somerset, England, in what is now the village Cotford St Luke.
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