# Venture GN division, Norwood DS Division – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/venture/ Grama Niladhari division · Norwood DS Division # Venture Venture is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Norwood DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province. It covers **8.66 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 8.7km² - 1,544 mtypical elevation ## Where is Venture? Venture lies in [Norwood DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/), [Nuwara Eliya District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/), [Central Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 7 other GN divisions: [Aulton Watta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/aulton-watta/), [Bagawanthalawa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/bagawanthalawa-south/), [Kirkoswald](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/kirkoswald/), [Mahanelu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/mahanelu/), [Newvalleygama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/newvalleygama/), [Norwood](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/norwood/) and [Strathspey](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/strathspey/). By area it is the 1467th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 2.5% of [Norwood DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/). The centre of Venture is about 88 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.8112° N, 80.6387° E. Local names: වෙන්චර් . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Villages and localities in Venture Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Venture. - KEW Group State - Ruwagolla - Venture State Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Venture Named natural and historic features inside Venture, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 3 estates. - Kew Group - Lawrence - Saint John Delray Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Venture and the best time to visit Using the climate of Nuwara Eliya District, the warmest month is Apr (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (17 °C), after allowing for this place being about 625 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,762 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (274 mm) and the driest Jul (82 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and June to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 17 108 Feb 18 86 Mar 19 104 Apr 20 175 May 20 164 Jun 19 101 Jul 19 82 Aug 19 92 Sep 19 129 Oct 19 234 Nov 18 274 Dec 18 212 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Venture Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisional Hospital Bogawanthalawa · Bagawanthalawa South 4.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.79488&mlon=80.67847#map=17/6.79488/80.67847) Bank HNB · Bagawanthalawa South 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.79554&mlon=80.67845#map=17/6.79554/80.67845) ATM Peoples Bank · Kotiyagala 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.79626&mlon=80.67839#map=17/6.79626/80.67839) Petrol pump Ceypetco Filling Station · Norwood 4.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83920&mlon=80.61228#map=17/6.83920/80.61228) Hotel Ceylon Tea Trails · Strathspey 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.81345&mlon=80.65747#map=17/6.81345/80.65747) Mall Harishan Enterprises · Bagawanthalawa South 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.79589&mlon=80.67805#map=17/6.79589/80.67805) School Gawarawila Sinhala School · Strathspey 4.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.79033&mlon=80.60790#map=17/6.79033/80.60790) College Arafa College - Weligama · Newvalleygama 6.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.85505&mlon=80.59970#map=17/6.85505/80.59970) Police station Norwood Police Station · Norwood 4.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83721&mlon=80.61426#map=17/6.83721/80.61426) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Other GN divisions in Norwood DS Division - Annfield - Aulton Watta - Bagawanthalawa South - Bogawana - Brownlow - Brownswick - Dickoya - Dickoya South - Gawarawila - Hatton East - Hatton North - Hatton South - Hatton West - Injuster - Kirkoswald - Kotiyagala - Lethant - Loinon - Mahanelu - Maskeliya - Maussakele - Mocha - Moray - Newvalleygama - Norwood - Panmur - Rosella - Ruwanpura - Seethagangula - Shanon - Strathspey - Tillary - Wanarajah - Welioya ## Quick answers - Where is Venture?In Norwood DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Venture?Aulton Watta, Bagawanthalawa South, Kirkoswald, Mahanelu, Newvalleygama, Norwood and Strathspey - How many villages are in Venture?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Venture?January to March and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Venture?Divisional Hospital Bogawanthalawa, about 4.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Venture?HNB, about 4.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Venture?Peoples Bank, about 4.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Venture?Ceypetco Filling Station, about 4.3 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Venture?LK2330295 (OCHA common operational dataset)