Wrekin
in Telford and Wrekin of England, United Kingdom
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Birmingham International Airport (37 mi) - Hawarden Airport (39 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (47 mi)
- Manchester Airport (48 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (48 mi)
- Coventry Airport (49 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (52 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (56 mi)
- RAF Fairford (76 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (80 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 64 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 81 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 97 mi)
- Brookfield Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Bewdley Pines (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Little Lakes Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Kidderminster Golf Club (Golf course, 24 mi)
- Burlish Park Golf Course (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Crewe Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.680 and -2.537 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 40' 47" and W -2° 32' 12"
- 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: 05:53 AM (Monday)
- 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
- 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: 2024-04-28 08:22:10
Explore Wrekin
Wrekin in Telford and Wrekin (England) is located in United Kingdom about 130 mi (or 210 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Wrekin is now 05:53 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the wider vicinity of Wrekin, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Birmingham International Airport in a distance of 37 mi (or 59 km), South-East. 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 25 mi (or 41 km), North-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: Wellington, Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Withington, Telford and Harley. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 53 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 44 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 81% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 17 km/h (11 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
14°C (58 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
14°C (57 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
8°C (47 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Ironbridge View Townhouse
Buckatree Hall
Best Western Valley
Hadley Park House
Gaskell Arms
The Fox Inn
Mercure Telford Madeley Court Hotel
Lord Nelson Hotel
TRAVELODGE TELFORD SHAWBIRCH
The Raven
Videos from this area
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Telford Car Rides, Ketley to Wellington, Telford Urban Rides No 12
Another car trip through part of Telford in Shropshire, come along and have a look around our neighbourhood. If you are outside the UK you may find it interesting how driving in Britain compares...
AFC Telford United vs Southend
Wot a finish by jon adams ! the crowd go wild, wot a day !
Arriva Buses at Wellington.wmv
Various Arriva buses entering and leaving the bus station at Wellington, Telford, Shropshire. 2nd March 2010.
Wellington Christmas Lights Switch ON
Wellington Christmas Lights Switch ON.
AFC Telford United 0 Worcester City 3
FA Trophy 1st Round Replay Tuesday 3rd December 2013.
AFC Telford United 0 Worcester City 0
Skrill Conference North Tuesday 24th September 2013.
Train journey
Train journey across the Shropshire countryside UK.
When Faith Descends - Six Foot Under Live @ The Haygate
Six Foot Under Live @ The Haygate, Wellington UK.
slither
Collision Slither Live at the Haygate, Wellington.
sex type thing
Collision Sex type Thing Live at the Haygate, Wellington.
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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.
The Wrekin
The Wrekin is a hill in east Shropshire, England. It is located some 7 km west of Telford, on the border between the unitary authorities of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. Rising to a height of 407 metres above the Shropshire Plain, it is a prominent and well-known landmark, marking the entrance to Shropshire for travellers westbound on the M54 motorway. The Wrekin is contained within the northern panhandle of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Wrekin transmitting station
The Wrekin transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on the The Wrekin, a hill in the county of Shropshire, England. It includes a 52 metres tall free-standing lattice tower with transmitting antennas attached at various heights. The DTT transmitting arrays add about another 10m to this. It broadcasts digital television, alongside digital and FM (analogue) radio.
Nash, Telford and Wrekin
Nash was a village in Shropshire, England which is believed to have been wiped out entirely by the Black Death of c.1349. It now no longer exists and is described as a lost settlement, deserted medieval village or abandoned village. Its location is near to the village of Wrockwardine, near The Wrekin and the M54 motorway.
The Ercall
The Ercall, sometimes known as Ercall Hill, is a small hill in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is located between The Wrekin and Wellington, in the Telford & Wrekin borough. It is regarded as an internationally important geological site, which is part of The Wrekin and The Ercall Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The hill is managed by Shropshire Wildlife Trust. The site includes 540 million year old ripple beds and ancient pre-Cambrian lava flows in exposed quarries.
Orleton Park
Orleton Park is a cricket ground in Wellington, Shropshire. The ground was established in 1891, when Shropshire played a non first-class match against Worcestershire. The first Minor Counties Championship match played on the ground was in 1965 between Shropshire and Bedfordshire. From 1965 to 2001 hosted 36 Minor Counties matches, with the last being against Shropshire and Berkshire.
Uriconian
The Uriconian rocks of Shropshire are thought to be potentially related to the Longmyndian Supergroup of the Stretton Hills, Shropshire, United Kingdom. Current geological profiling of the terranes suggests that the Uriconian rocks are of Precambrian age (Neoproterozoic Phases 2 and 3). The Uriconian Rocks outcrop to the southeast of the Long Mynd area of the Welsh Borderland Fault System and beyond the Church Stretton Fault which trends northeast-southwest across the area.
Wellington and Drayton Railway
|} The Wellington and Drayton Railway was a standard gauge line in Central England which carried through freight and local passenger traffic until closure in the 1960s. It was part of the Great Western Railway's double track Wellington-Crewe line, linking the Midlands to the north and northwest.
Wrekin Terrane
The Wrekin Terrane is one of five inferred fault bounded terranes that make up the basement rocks of the southern United Kingdom. The other notable geological terranes are the Charnwood Terrane, Fenland Terrane, Cymru Terrane and the Monian Composite Terrane. The Wrekin Terrane is bounded to the west by the Welsh Borderland Fault System and to the east by the Malvern Lineament. The geological terrane to the west is the Cymru Terrane and to the east is Charnwood Terrane.
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