England
Cheshire East
Lower Withington

Jodrell Bank Observatory

Jodrell Bank Observatory in , England, hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: astronomical observatory in Cheshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Jodrell Bank Experimental Station” and “Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Peter and Terra Nova School.

Church
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is a church.

School
is a prep school in , England for children from two and a half to thirteen years of age. It began as a school for boys in 1897, and today educates boys and girls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Withington and Swettenham.

Village
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is a civil parish and village in , England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 492. Jodrell Bank Observatory lies mostly within the parish.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of and the ceremonial county of , England. According to the 2001 Official UK Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 248, increasing to 291 at the 2011 Census. is situated 3 miles south of Jodrell Bank Observatory.

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, until 1974 known as Church Holme, is a village in . It's only five miles west of the frontier of the known universe, thanks to Jodrell Bank radio telescope.

Jodrell Bank Observatory

Latitude
53.24342° or 53° 14′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.2991° or 2° 17′ 57″ west
Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)
Open location code
9C5V6PV2+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6655182093
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2645956
Wiki­data ID
Q1569783
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Jodrell Bank Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد جودريل بنك”
  • Armenian: “Ջոդրել Բենկի ռադիոաստղադիտարան”
  • Bengali: “জোড্রেল ব্যাঙ্ক মানমন্দির”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Jodrell Bank”
  • Chinese: “卓瑞尔河岸天文台”
  • Chinese: “卓瑞爾河岸天文台”
  • Cornish: “Jodrell Bank”
  • Croatian: “Zvjezdarnica Jodrell Bank”
  • Czech: “Jodrell Bank Experimental Station”
  • Czech: “Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Jodrell Bank”
  • Dutch: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد جودريل بانك”
  • Estonian: “Jodrell Banki observatoorium”
  • French: “Jodrell Bank”
  • French: “Observatoire de Jodrell Bank”
  • French: “observatoire Jodrell Bank”
  • Georgian: “ჯოდრელ-ბენკის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • German: “Jodrell Bank”
  • German: “Jodrell-Bank-Radioobservatorium”
  • German: “Lovell-Teleskop”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים ג’ודרל בנק”
  • Hungarian: “Jodrell Bank csillagvizsgáló”
  • Indonesian: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • Irish: “Jodrell Bank”
  • Italian: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • Italian: “Jodrell Bank”
  • Italian: “osservatorio Jodrell Bank”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Jodrell Bank”
  • Japanese: “ジョドレルバンク天文台”
  • Korean: “조드럴 뱅크 천문대”
  • Latvian: “Džodrela Benka observatorija”
  • Latvian: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • Luxembourgish: “Jodrell Bank Observatoire”
  • Luxembourgish: “Jodrell-Bank-Radioobservatoire”
  • Maltese: “Osservatorju ta‘ Jodrell Bank”
  • Maltese: “Osservatorju ta’ Jodrell Bank”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • Norwegian: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه جودرل بانک”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Jodrell Bank”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Jordell Bank”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório de Jodrell Bank”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Jodrell Bank”
  • Russian: “Джодрелл-Бэнк”
  • Russian: “обсерватория Джодрелл-Бэнк”
  • Russian: “радиоастрономические лаборатории «Ньюффилд»”
  • Russian: “экспериментальная станция Джодрелл-Бэнк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opservatorija Jodrell Bank”
  • Slovenian: “Jodrell Bank Observatory”
  • Slovenian: “Radijski observatorij Jodrell Bank”
  • Spanish: “Jodrell Bank”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Jodrell Bank”
  • Swedish: “Jodrell Bank”
  • Turkish: “Jodrell Bank Experimental Station”
  • Turkish: “Jodrell Bank Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Джодрелл Бенк”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Джодрелл-Бенк”
  • Uzbek: “Jodrell-benk radioastronomik rasadxonasi”
  • Uzbek: “Jodrell-Benk Radioastronomik Rasadxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Jodrell Bank”

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