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Woodvale Airport

Royal Air Force Woodvale or more simply RAF Woodvale is a Royal Air Force station located 4 mi next to the towns of and in an area called Woodvale which is located to the south of , .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force station and training airfield in Lancashire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “EGOW”, “RAF Woodvale”, “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”, and “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Address: Formby, Liverpool, L37 7AD

Places of Interest

Highlights include Freshfield railway station and Ainsdale railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Secret Pilgrim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the district of , , . The station is located on the branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of near , . The station is located on the branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

Building
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located to the north-east of in the metropolitan county of , in secluded woodland adjoining the Golf and Country Club.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freshfield and Birkdale.

Suburb
is an area of , in the , , , situated at the northern end of the town. It has no local political distinction or representation and is included as part of the two council wards which make up Formby, nor is it any longer separated in a physical sense from the town.

Suburb
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
is an area of , within the , , in the north-west of England. The area is on the coast, and forms the southern part of Southport's built-up area.

Hamlet
is a hamlet half a mile east of , in , , England. It is a traditional grouping of farm buildings built on medieval footings.

Woodvale Airport

Latitude
53.58191° or 53° 34′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.05511° or 3° 3′ 18″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Operator
Royal Air Force
ICAO airport code
EGOW
Open location code
9C5RHWJV+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 167349905
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6296619
Wiki­data ID
Q7275691
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“Woodvale Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “EGOW”
  • Arabic: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Arabic: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Arabic: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Cebuano: “EGOW”
  • Cebuano: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Cebuano: “Woodvale”
  • Dutch: “EGOW”
  • Dutch: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Dutch: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Dutch: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • French: “EGOW”
  • French: “RAF Woodvale”
  • French: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • French: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • German: “EGOW”
  • German: “RAF Woodvale”
  • German: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • German: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Hebrew: “EGOW”
  • Hebrew: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Hebrew: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Hebrew: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Indonesian: “EGOW”
  • Indonesian: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Japanese: “EGOW”
  • Japanese: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Japanese: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Japanese: “ウッドベール空軍基地”
  • Malay: “EGOW”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Woodvale”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Woodvale”
  • Malay: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Malay: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Persian: “EGOW”
  • Persian: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Persian: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی وودویل”
  • Romanian: “EGOW”
  • Romanian: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Romanian: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Romanian: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Swedish: “EGOW”
  • Swedish: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Swedish: “Royal Air Force Station Woodvale”
  • Swedish: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Swedish: “Woodvale”
  • Tajik: “EGOW”
  • Tajik: “RAF Woodvale”
  • Tajik: “Royal Air Force Woodvale”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате вудуил”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Massam’s Slack and Moss Side.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Coppice and RAF Woodvale Gate Guardian.

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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 “Woodvale Airport”. Photo: Harvey Milligan, CC BY-SA 4.0.