Jodrell Bank Observatory
Also known as Jodrell Bank, Jodrell Bank Experimental Station, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Observatoire de Jodrell Bank
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
United Kingdom
Inscribed
2019
Area
17 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Jodrell Bank Observatory is about 30 km north of Stoke. The nearest other World Heritage site is Derwent Valley Mills, about 50 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Stoke · about 391,000 peopleabout 30 km south
- Manchester · about 2,230,000 peopleabout 30 km north
- Chester · about 90,000 peopleabout 40 km west
- Liverpool · about 811,000 peopleabout 45 km north-west
- Sheffield · about 1,293,000 peopleabout 55 km east
- Bradford · about 502,000 peopleabout 75 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
United KingdomCultural52 km away
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Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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