Colerne Airfield
Colerne Airfield, now known as Azimghur Barracks, is a British Army facility just north-west of the village of Colerne, Wiltshire, England. It is set to close in 2029.Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “EGUO”
- Historically known as: “RAF Colerne”
- Address: Colerne, SN14 8QY
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and The Fox And Hounds Public House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colerne and The Shoe.
Colerne
Village
Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colerne is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles west of the town of Corsham and 7 miles northeast of the city of Bath.
The Shoe
Hamlet
Photo: Deipnosophista, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Shoe is a hamlet in the parish of North Wraxall, in the north-west of Wiltshire in England. It lies at the junction of the Fosse Way and the A420. The settlement is named after the former inn called The Horse-shoe and is about 7 miles west of Chippenham and the same distance northeast of Bath.
Ditteridge
Hamlet
Photo: Jojikiba, Public domain.
Ditteridge is a village in the civil parish of Box, Wiltshire, England. It is about 0.8 miles northwest of Box village and 3.5 miles west of the town of Corsham.
Colerne Airfield
- Categories: military installation and transportation
- Location: Colerne, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.44602° or 51° 26′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.27845° or 2° 16′ 42″ westElevation
594 feet (181 metres)ICAO airport code
EGUOOpen location code
9C3VCPWC+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1533338298OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfieldGeoNames ID
6296654Wikidata ID
Q1656486
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Colerne Airfield” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Colerne”
- German: “Colerne Airfield”
- Indonesian: “EGUO”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Colerne”
- Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی کولرن”
- Spanish: “Colerne Airfield”
- Swedish: “Colerne Airfield”
- Swedish: “Colerne”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро кулрн”
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Notable Places Nearby
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