Sleap Airfield

Sleap Airfield is located 10 NM north of , Shropshire, England. Sleap Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airfield in Shropshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “EGCV” and “RAF Sleap”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yorton railway station and St Anne’s Mission Room.

Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
serves the villages of and in , England. It is 7¼ miles north of on the Welsh Marches Line towards .

Church
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burlton and Tilley.

Village
Photo: al partington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England.

Village
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the civil parish of , to the south of and almost merged with in north . A hamlet, Green, lies to its southeast at grid reference SJ511273.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the Shropshire Council district, in the ceremonial county of , England, about 10 miles north of , the county town of Shropshire.

Sleap Airfield

Latitude
52.83336° or 52° 50′ 0″ north
Longitude
-2.77056° or 2° 46′ 14″ west
Elevation
279 feet (85 metres)
Operator
Shropshire Aero Club Ltd
ICAO airport code
EGCV
Open location code
9C4VR6MH+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29333544
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6255025
Wiki­data ID
Q3913666
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In Other Languages

From French to Tajik—“Sleap Airfield” goes by many names.
  • French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
  • Indonesian: “EGCV”
  • Japanese: “スリープ飛行場”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sleap”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی اسلیپ”
  • Piemontese: “Sleap Airfield”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро ослип”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sleap and Brandwood.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Museum and Sleap Gorse.

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