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Royal Marines Base Chivenor

Royal Marines Barracks Chivenor is a British military base used primarily by UK Commando Force. It is situated on the northern shore of the estuary, adjacent to the South West Coast Path, on the north coast of , .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Marines barracks in Devon, England
  • Also known as: “EGDC”, “RM Chivenor”, and “RMB Chivenor”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Augustine and Braunton Academy.

Church
Photo: Lobsterthermidor, Public domain.

School
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in , , England. The school specialises in mathematics and computing.

Pub
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yelland and Ash, Braunton.

Village
Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village of 2,000 inhabitants situated in between and in the county of . is included within the parish of Fremington.

Hamlet
Photo: HKSG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ash in the parish of in North is a historic estate listed in the Domesday Book. The present mansion, known as The Ash Barton estate is a Grade II* listed building.

Hamlet
Photo: Roger A Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet in , England. A large dairy farm is situated there. The farm won the Farmers Weekly 'Dairy Farmer of the Year' award 2011.

Royal Marines Base Chivenor

Latitude
51.09048° or 51° 5′ 26″ north
Longitude
-4.14841° or 4° 8′ 54″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Operator
Royal Marines
ICAO airport code
EGDC
Open location code
9C3Q3VR2+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 20909615
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296577
Wiki­data ID
Q7374450
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Tajik—“Royal Marines Base Chivenor” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Чивенор”
  • Cebuano: “Chivenor”
  • French: “Royal Marines Base Chivenor”
  • German: “RMB Chivenor”
  • Indonesian: “EGDC”
  • Japanese: “チブナー空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “チベナー海軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Chivenor”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه رویال مرینس بیس چیونر”
  • Spanish: “Chivenor Airfield”
  • Swedish: “Chivenor”
  • Swedish: “RM Chivenor”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи руиол мринс бийс чюнр”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chivenor and Chivenor Cross.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Royal Marines Base Chivenor”. Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.