RAF Upper Heyford
Royal Air Force Upper Heyford or more simply RAF Upper Heyford is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles north-west of Bicester near the village of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.
- Type: Airbase
- Description: Royal Air Force station
- Also known as: “UH” and “Upper Heyford Royal Air Force Base”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ardley Castle and Church of St Mary.
Ardley Castle
Castle
Ardley Castle was a castle to the southwest of the village of Ardley, Oxfordshire, England. At present only some of its ruins, most notably an oval enclosure one hundred yards in diameter, with a shallow ditch with an average depth of three feet, a derelict moat and the earthworks remain.
Ardley Trackways
Protected area
Ardley Trackways is a 63.6-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Bicester in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. Ardley Trackways is situated 2 miles southeast of RAF Upper Heyford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fewcott and Ardley.
Fewcott
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardley is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of Bicester. The parish includes the village of Fewcott, which is now contiguous with Ardley. The 2021 Census recorded the population of Ardley parish as 740. Fewcott is situated 1½ miles northeast of RAF Upper Heyford.
Ardley
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ardley is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of Bicester. The parish includes the village of Fewcott, which is now contiguous with Ardley. The 2021 Census recorded the population of Ardley parish as 740. Ardley is situated 2 miles east of RAF Upper Heyford.
Fritwell
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fritwell is a village and civil parish about 5+1⁄2 miles northwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 736. Fritwell is situated 2 miles north of RAF Upper Heyford.
RAF Upper Heyford
- Categories: Royal Air Force station and transportation
- Location: Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“RAF Upper Heyford” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- Cebuano: “Upper Heyford Royal Air Force Base”
- Chinese: “上海福德皇家空軍基地”
- Chinese: “上黑福德皇家空軍基地”
- Chinese: “上黑福特皇家空軍基地”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- Galician: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- German: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- German: “Royal Air Force Upper Heyford”
- Japanese: “アッパー・ヘイフォード空軍基地”
- Japanese: “上ヘイフォード空軍基地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- Norwegian: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- Polish: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- Slovenian: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- Swedish: “RAF Upper Heyford”
- Swedish: “Upper Heyford Royal Air Force Base”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Middleton Stoney Castle and Heyford railway station.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “RAF Upper Heyford”. Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.