Historic site · Farnborough · Hampshire

English Electric Lightning

You can find English Electric Lightning, a historic site, in Farnborough. Close by, within 5 km, are 14 more places to see. Worth the trip, Saint Michael’s Abbey is 1.6 km off.

Where

In Farnborough

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Historic site in Farnborough

Inside Farnborough

English Electric Lightning is inside Farnborough’s built-up area, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Farnborough.

Jan8° / 2°75 mm

Feb8° / 2°54 mm

Mar11° / 3°47 mm

Apr14° / 4°50 mm

May18° / 7°47 mm

Jun21° / 10°50 mm

Jul23° / 12°50 mm

Aug23° / 12°59 mm

Sep19° / 10°59 mm

Oct15° / 7°82 mm

Nov11° / 4°84 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Farnborough, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Farnborough. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Farnborough’s full climate →

About

English Electric Lightning

Historic site.

In Farnborough, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Historic site
Town: in Farnborough

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Its place on the map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; English Electric Lightning is the orange one.

Towns near it

Which towns are near English Electric Lightning

The biggest base of the 8 is Farnborough (60,665 people). Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Farnborough

60,665 people · 19 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km southeast of it

Ash and Ash Vale

24,284 people · 24 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km south of it

Aldershot

39,827 people · 23 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Frimley

15,101 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where English Electric Lightning is	People	Places to visit
Farnborough	It’s in town	60,665	19
Ash and Ash Vale	1.4 km southeast of it	24,284	24
Aldershot	2.3 km south of it	39,827	23
Frimley	2.3 km northeast of it	15,101	15
Deepcut	3.3 km northeast of it	2,163	13
Fleet	3.4 km west of it	37,800	20
Camberley	3.8 km north of it	36,787	17
Hawley	4.3 km north of it	2,581	11

Make a day of it

Beyond English Electric Lightning

Among the 64 within 15 km are 2 abbeys or priories, 2 cathedrals and 2 museums.

Abbey or priorySaint Michael’s Abbey1.6 km away 2

CathedralCathedral of St Michael and St George, Aldershot2.6 km away 3

Historic houseBagshot Park Mansion11 km away 4

MuseumFarnborough Air Science Trust Museum100 m away 5

MuseumMuseum of Military Medicine2.8 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageFarnham Castle7.9 km away 7

CathedralGuildford Cathedral12 km away 8

Abbey or priory · English HeritageWaverley Abbey9.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to English Electric Lightning

Where is English Electric Lightning?

English Electric Lightning is in Farnborough, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is English Electric Lightning?

Historic site.

When is the best time to visit English Electric Lightning?

May to September are the warmest months in Farnborough, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near English Electric Lightning?

Within 15 km: Saint Michael’s Abbey (1.6 km), Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Aldershot (2.6 km), Bagshot Park Mansion (11 km) and Farnborough Air Science Trust Museum (100 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Saint Michael’s Abbey: ThunderingTyphoons!, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Aldershot: AldershotCathedral.jpg: JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bagshot Park Mansion: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Farnborough Air Science Trust Museum: Tony Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Military Medicine: Gaius Cornelius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Farnham Castle: Lewis Hulbert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Guildford Cathedral: Hassocks5489, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Waverley Abbey: Admiralgary, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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