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Discover Hawkesbury
Hawkesbury in South Gloucestershire (England) is a town in United Kingdom about 95 mi (or 153 km) west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Hawkesbury is now 11:57 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports near Hawkesbury, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bristol Filton Airport in a distance of 12 mi (or 19 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 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 28 mi (or 45 km), North-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. We discovered 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Horton, Charfield, Luckington, Nettleton and Marshfield. 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 | 3°C / 38 °F |
Evening Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
Night Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 74% |
Air Pressure | 1002 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 9 km/h (5 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 95% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
10°C (51 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
5°C (41 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
7°C (44 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Old House At Home
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Videos from this area
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Pilgrim Hotel, Hereford
Silver Travel TV reviews the Pilgrim Hotel in Hereford. A country house hotel standing in 4 acres of parkland with wonderful views across the rolling countryside with Wales in the distance....
Heaven of the South 2012
The second Heaven of the South event which began and finished at Kingswood Village Hall in Gloucestershire.
iPod Touch 4th gen screen replacement - The Computer Room Nottingham
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Speedin' West
Recorded and played by Ross Lee Shellard. Recorded 1st December 2011 https://www.facebook.com/ross.shellard.7.
I Got A Woman.
Recorded and played by Ross Lee Shellard. Recorded June 23rd 2013 https://www.facebook.com/ross.shellard.7.
Jonathon Padget and Francis Whittington @ Badminton Horse Trials 2013 :: Everything Horse UK
Jonathon Padget and Francis Whittington riding in the warm up arena on X Country Day.
Badminton horse trials 2011 - 1 - Cross Country
Badminton horse trials 2011. Première partie. Un voyage Millet Tours. http://millet.tours.free.fr.
CCI **** Badminton 2008 - 3ème jour cross
Badminton, la Mecque du concours complet :) Parce que le CCE est la meilleure des disciplines, et qu'il n'y a que ça de vrai ! Et parce que à la fois le cheval et le cavaliers passent des...
Frangible Fences & Safety | Hugh Thomas - Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials
Hugh Thomas, Director & Course Designer at Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, talks about the progress being made in making certain cross country fences safer for horse and rider, and...
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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.
Lord Edward Somerset
General Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset GCB (19 December 1776 – 1 September 1842) was a British soldier. He was the third son of the 5th duke of Beaufort, and elder brother of Lord Raglan. Joining the 15th Light Dragoons in 1793, he became captain in the following year, and received a majority after serving as aide-de-camp to the duke of York in the Dutch expedition of 1799. At the end of 1800 he became a lieutenant-colonel, and in 1801 received the command of the 4th Light Dragoons.
Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire
Hawkesbury is a hamlet consisting of a few cottages around a triangular green, it is also the name of a civil parish in the South Gloucestershire unitary authority in England in which Hawkesbury itself lies, it is located west of Hawkesbury Upton, off the A46 road. The civil parish includes Hawkesbury itself, the larger village of Hawkesbury Upton and the hamlets of Dunkirk, Petty France and Little Badminton. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,235.
Hillesley
Hillesley is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It was transferred from the county of Avon in 1991 and is now in Stroud District. The village forms part of the civil parish of Hillesley and Tresham. It is close to the Cotswold Edge, near the Cotswold Way and Wotton under Edge. Until the 1980s the name of the village was spelt Hillsley however it is now spelt Hillesley. In 972 Hillesley was recorded as Hildeslei (meaning "clearing belonging to Hild"), a tything of the parish of Hawkesbury.
Horton Court
Horton Court is a stone-built 16th century manor house in Horton, near Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England. The building retains a 12th century Norman hall, and displays some of the earliest Renaissance decorative motifs used in England. It has been a National Trust property since 1949. The house was built by Rev. William Knight (d. 1547) in about 1521.
Bodkin Hazel Wood
Bodkin Hazel Wood is a 10.62 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), just south of the village of Hawkesbury Upton in South Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.
Hawkesbury Meadow
Hawkesbury Meadow is a 3.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in South Gloucestershire, notified in 1987.
Hawkesbury Quarry
Hawkesbury Quarry is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Hawkesbury Upton, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1967. The site is notable for containing both the oolitic limestone of the northern Cotswolds, and the fossil-bearing limestone found further south.
Petty France
Petty France is a hamlet in the rural north of South Gloucestershire, near the Gloucestershire border, in Hawkesbury parish. It is on the A46, which runs from Bath, to Nailsworth and Stroud, just south of another, slightly smaller hamlet, Dunkirk. Previously, Petty France and Dunkirk were known as road accident hotspots. The proportion of fatal and serious accidents was 46%, significantly higher than the average for South Gloucestershire as a whole, which is 12%.