Fovant
in Wiltshire of England, United Kingdom
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Bournemouth Airport (20 mi) - RNAS Yeovilton (28 mi)
- Southampton Airport (29 mi)
- RAF Lyneham (31 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (39 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (41 mi)
- RAF Fairford (44 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (51 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 27 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 64 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 80 mi)
- Faringdon Golf Course (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Ashley Wood Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Ferndown Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Knighton Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Burley Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Bramshaw Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Bowood Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Chippenham Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.056 and -1.992 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 3' 21" and W -1° 59' 31"
- 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: 02:13 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:46 am and 8:24 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - 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: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Touring Fovant
Fovant in Wiltshire (England) with it's 669 residents is a town located in United Kingdom about 87 mi (or 139 km) west of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Fovant is now 02:13 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports nearby Fovant, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bournemouth Airport in a distance of 20 mi (or 32 km), South. 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 City of Bath in a distance of 27 mi (or 44 km), North-East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dinton, Bower Chalke, Ansty, Bishopstone and Stockton. 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 | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 91% |
| Air Pressure | 1003 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
8°C (46 °F)
5°C (42 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
12°C (54 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
14°C (57 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, few clouds.
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Ansty - Old Shaftesbury Drove to A30 (ORPA & Byway, N-S)
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Ansty - A30 to Old Shaftesbury Drove (Byway & ORPA, S-N)
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Beaminster Town from top of ChurchTower - town where 2 folk died cos of landslide!
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Ebbesbourne Wake - West End to Old Shaftesbury Drove (Byway, S-N)
NGR Start: ST984282 NGR Finish: ST981257 Byway Number: EWAK2 & EWAK3 Date: 14.10.12 Condition: Grassy track and paved road.
Berwick St. John, Saturday 13th September 2014
Some shaky old footage of some even shakier, older machinery.
The sights and sounds of the South Wiltshire Downs
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The Monarch's Way (Ox Drove) - Teffont Magna (Byway, E-W)
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb
The Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb is a hillclimb in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England, organised by the South Western Centre of the British Automobile Racing Club. The first practice meeting was held on 25 June 1967, when Patsy Burt, driving a McLaren-Oldsmobile set a time of 39.90 sec. The first competition event was held on 23 July 1967. The track hosts two rounds a year of the British Hill Climb Championship.
Dinton, Wiltshire
Dinton is a village in Wiltshire, England, on the B3089 road about 8 miles west of Salisbury. The population was 597 at the 2001 census.
Dinton Quarry
Dinton Quarry is a 3,000 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1990. This long-disused quarry of Middle Purbeck limestone was the main source of the late Jurassic fossil insects described by Brodie in 1845.
Dinton Railway Cutting
Dinton Railway Cutting is a 2,600 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1990.
Prescombe Down
Prescombe Down is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951.
Knapp and Barnett's Downs
Knapp and Barnett's Downs is a 71.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971.
Philipps House
Philipps House is an early nineteenth-century Neo-Grecian country house at Dinton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The house was designed by Jeffry Wyatt, later Sir Jeffry Wyatville for William Wyndham, and was built between 1813-16 on the site of an earlier, demolished seventeenth-century house, Dinton House, which had been the Wyndham family home. The new house was also called Dinton House, and was known as this until 1916 when it was bought by Bertram Philipps, and was renamed after him.
Fovant Badges
The Fovant Badges are a set of regimental badges cut into a chalk hill, Fovant Down, near Fovant, in southwest Wiltshire, England. They are located between Salisbury and Shaftesbury on the A30 road in the Nadder valley. They were created by soldiers garrisoned nearby, and waiting to go to France, during the First World War, the first in 1916, and are clearly visible from the A30 road which runs through the village.
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