Kidsgrove
in Staffordshire of England, United Kingdom
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Manchester Airport (18 mi) - Manchester Woodford Airport (18 mi)
- Hawarden Airport (31 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (31 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (42 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (48 mi)
- Coventry Airport (59 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (59 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 29 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 95 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 121 mi)
- Crewe Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Brookfield Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- High Legh Park Country Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Hartford Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Delamere Forest Golf Club (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Bramall Park Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Lymm Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Flixton Golf Club (Golf course, 24 mi)
- Swinton Park Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Haydock Park Golf Club (Golf course, 30 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.087 and -2.238 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 5' 12" and W -2° 14' 15"
- 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: 05:04 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:43 am and 8:29 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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- 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
Explore Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove in Staffordshire (England) with it's 29,480 inhabitants is a city in United Kingdom about 141 mi (or 227 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Kidsgrove is now 05:04 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Kidsgrove, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Manchester Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 30 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 29 mi (or 47 km), West. 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: Stoke-on-Trent, Eaton, Siddington, Weston and Chorlton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 45 °F
| Morning Temperature | 1°C / 35 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Night Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 73% |
| Air Pressure | 1005 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 60% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
7°C (45 °F)
3°C (37 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
9°C (49 °F)
3°C (38 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Best Western Plus Stoke-on-Trent Moat House
The George Hotel
Best Western Manor House
Borough Arms Hotel
Alexandra Court
Quality Hotel & Leisure Stoke City Centre
Clayton Lodge Hotel
North Stafford Britannia Hotel
TRAVELODGE STOKE TALKE
TRAVELODGE NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME CENTRAL
Videos from this area
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A34 Congleton Road, Butt Lane - Southbound Front View with Rearview Mirror
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Brake pedal travel after fitting Avensis calipers.
Short vid showing brake pedal travel after fitting Avensis calipers, Hel braided hoses, Green stuff Ebc pads and a brake stopper.
46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' - Bathpool Park, Kidsgrove, 16/06/2012
LMS Princess Coronation Class 6233 'Duchess of Sutherland' hauling the return leg of the 'Fylde Coast Express', 16th June 2012. Seen climbing the incline out of Kidsgrove through Bathpool Park,...
Northern Rail 1332 From Kidsgrove
Northern Rail Service, arrival and departure from Kidsgrove at 1332 on 9th May 2009.
Kidsgrove London Train
The 1346 London Midland Service from Kidsgrove to London Euston, originating from Crewe, on Saturday 9th May 2009. Journey Time To London Euston is 3 hours and 3 minutes.
Virgin Pendolino Passing Through Kidsgrove Southbound
Virgin Pendolino Passing Through Kidsgrove Southbound to Stoke On trent and Then London on 9th May 2009.
Linley and Kidsgrove RUFC under 14s V Leek under 14s
Virgin Pendolino and Cross Country Voyagers
Virgin Trains heading to and from Manchester from Stoke On Trent at Kidsgrove rail station and last vid at what was Etruria rail station just north Of Stoke On Trent.
Class 153 & 350 East Midland Trains & London Midland.
Deisel sprinter Class 153 East Midland Trains and Class 350 electrified London Midland. Taken at Kidsgrove railway station north of Stoke On Trent on the Crewe line. Class 153 operating...
Bathpool Treehugger - THROWING IT DOWN! Whoopss :)
The big bend at the Treehugger Bike Course in BathPool park near Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent. I fell off.. as you can see, but it wasn't the first time.. and it won't be the last :-) Mick...
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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.
Kidsgrove railway station
Kidsgrove railway station serves the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The station is 7.5 miles north of Stoke-on-Trent. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC).
Harecastle Tunnel
Harecastle Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Kidsgrove in Staffordshire. It is made up of two separate, parallel, tunnels described as Brindley (2,880 yards) and the later Telford (2,926 yards) after the engineers that constructed them. Today only the Telford tunnel is navigable. The tunnel is only wide enough to carry traffic in one direction at a time and boats are sent through in groups, alternating northbound and southbound.
Ravenscliffe (ward)
Ravenscliffe ward is a ward in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It covers part of Kidsgrove along with the area of Acres Nook. Ravenscliffe was an 1851 novel by Anne Marsh-Caldwell who lived at Linley Hall at the village of Talke in the local area.
Kidsgrove Urban District
Kidsgrove Urban District was an urban district in the county of Staffordshire. It was formed in 1894 with the civil parishes of Hardings Wood, Kidsgrove, Newchapel and Talke. It was abolished in 1974, by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972, when it was absorbed into the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Hall Green Branch
The Hall Green Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal in east Cheshire, England. It runs for one mile from Kidsgrove to Hall Green, where it makes an end-on junction with the Macclesfield Canal at Hall Green Stop Lock. Whilst originally built by the Trent and Mersey Canal Company, it is often considered as part of the Macclesfield Canal in modern maps and guidebooks.
Bathpool Park
Bathpool Park is a public park situated in a rural area in Staffordshire near the border with Cheshire. The nearest town to the park is Kidsgrove. The park became notorious in 1975 as the location for the murder of the kidnapped Shropshire heiress Lesley Whittle. Her body was found hanging from a steel wire at the bottom of a shaft in the park. She fell or was pushed by a killer known as the Black Panther-Donald Neilson.
Hardings Wood Junction
Hardings Wood Junction is a canal junction near Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England and the point at which the Macclesfield Canal (or, historically, the Hall Green Branch) joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. It opened in 1831.
Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station
Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station was the northernmost station on the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. It was opened as Kidsgrove in 1875, but renamed in 1944 when the nearby Harecastle station became Kidsgrove railway station. The site of the station is now occupied by a Tesco supermarket.
Market Street Halt railway station
Market Street Halt was the smallest station to serve the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1909 and located on the Potteries Loop Line. At first it was used by trains in both directions but was later served only by northbound trains due to the severe gradient, being a 1 in 40 climb southbound. Although only a halt, it had a considerable length of platform and modest wooden buildings, plus an old NSR carriage used as a waiting room.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Kidsgrove.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Kidsgrove, Кидсгроув, کیدسگرو
