Handcross
in West Sussex of England, United Kingdom
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London Gatwick Airport (7 mi) - Redhill Aerodrome (11 mi)
- Shoreham Airport (16 mi)
- London Biggin Hill Airport (22 mi)
- Fairoaks Airport (26 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (31 mi)
- London City Airport (33 mi)
- London Luton Airport (57 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (60 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 9 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 34 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 34 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 37 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 66 mi)
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Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (Unesco heritage, 109 mi) - Cottesmore Golf and Country Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Chartham Park Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Cranleigh Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Hollingbury Park Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Addington Court Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Croham Hurst Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Hampton Court Palace Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Broke Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 24 mi)
- Hartsbourne Country Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Foxhills Golf Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Sussex Yacht Club (marina, (16 mi)
- Brighton Marina (marina, (17 mi)
- Box Hill Hiking Area (amusement park, (15 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.054 and -0.201 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 3' 13" and W -0° 12' 2"
- 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: 10:05 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:43 am and 8:14 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- 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
Discover Handcross
Handcross in West Sussex (England) with it's 1,027 citizens is a place in United Kingdom about 32 mi (or 51 km) south of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Handcross is now 10:05 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports near Handcross, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is London Gatwick Airport in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 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 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites in a distance of 9 mi (or 14 km), North. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. We encountered 3 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: Henfield, Newdigate, Fulking, Felbridge and Ockley. 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 | 5°C / 40 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 57% |
| Air Pressure | 1005 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
7°C (44 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
13°C (56 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
13°C (55 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Windfalls Boutique Hotel
Barrington Lodge
Crowne Plaza LONDON - GATWICK AIRPORT
Copper Beech House
Sandman Signature London Gatwick
The Regency Hotel
Holiday Inn LONDON GATWICK - WORTH
Waterhall Country House
Little Foxes Hotel
Gatwick Europa
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FA Youth Cup (Third Round) - Crawley Town vs Watford - Highlights Package
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Pilates Crawley Side Bend
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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.
Brantridge Park
Brantridge Park, Balcombe, West Sussex, England is one of the lesser royal residences. Standing in Brantridge Forest, it was the seat of the 1st Earl of Athlone, and his wife, Princess Alice of Albany, the last surviving granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, also lived in Brantridge Park from 1919 to 1944. More recently the house was divided into apartments, and operated as a time-share resort until January 2008.
Handcross Park School
Handcross Park School is an independent co-educational preparatory school in Handcross, between Crawley, Horsham and Haywards Heath West Sussex, England. The school provides private co-education from the Nursery aged 2, through Pre-Prep and into Prep until aged 13, with a mix of day pupils and boarders. The school traces its origins back to 1887, and moved to its current site in 1968.
Horsham and Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)
Horsham and Crawley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Horsham and Crawley in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Horsham and Crawley constituencies.
Tilgate Park
Tilgate Park is a large park situated in Tilgate, South-East Crawley. It is the largest and most popular park in the area. Originally a 2,185-acre part of the Worth Forest, the park and the surrounding areas were part of the larger Tilgate estate, first recorded in 1647. From that time, industries including Ironworks and furnaces were dismantled and replaced by a landed working estate.
Broadfield (electoral division)
Broadfield is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.
St Mary's Church, Slaugham
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Slaugham in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The 12th- and 13th-century church, restored in the Victorian era, serves a large rural area of the Sussex Weald, covering three villages (each with current or former chapels of ease of their own) as well as the ancient settlement of Slaugham.
Nymans
Nymans, Handcross, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, is an English garden developed by three generations of the Messel family, from the late 19th century, and brought to renown by Col. Leonard C.R. Messel. Nymans, since 1953 a National Trust property, is the origin of many sports, selections and hybrids, both planned and serendipitous, some of which can be identified by the term nymanensis, "of Nymans". Eucryphia × nymansensis (E. cordifolia × E. glutinosa) is also known as E. "Nymansay".
Cedars (immigration detention)
Cedars is an immigration detention facility in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom adjacent to Gatwick Airport. It is operated by the UK Border Agency with security and facilities maintenance contracted out to G4S and Barnardo's providing social workers and child welfare services. Opened in 2011, Cedars is the first immigration detention center in the UK specifically designated for families with children.
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