Honington Royal Air Force Base
Honington Royal Air Force Base is an airbase in Fakenham Magna, St. Edmundsbury District, England. Honington Royal Air Force Base is situated nearby to the locality Longfield Green, as well as near Woodside View.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Honington and Church of All Saints.
RAF Honington
Aerodrome
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England. It was used as a bomber station during the Second World War and through the Cold War, hosting Handley Page Victors and Hawker Siddeley Buccaneers.
St Andrew’s Church, Sapiston
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Honington and Fakenham Magna.
Honington
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Honington is a village and civil parish located in Bardwell Ward and Pakenham and Troston Wards of West Suffolk District Council, Suffolk in eastern England It is near to the border with Norfolk.
Fakenham Magna
Village
Fakenham Magna is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. The meaning of the word ''''Fakenham can be split into two: 'Faken' and 'ham', both of which derive from Old English. Fakenham Magna is situated 1½ miles northeast of Honington Royal Air Force Base.
Sapiston
Village
Sapiston is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located near the Suffolk-Norfolk border. It is in northern Suffolk lying on the river Blackbourn. Sapiston is situated 2 miles east of Honington Royal Air Force Base.
Honington Royal Air Force Base
- Type: Airbase
- Category: transportation
- Location: Fakenham Magna, St. Edmundsbury District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.34261° or 52° 20′ 33″ northLongitude
0.77294° or 0° 46′ 23″ eastElevation
174 feet (53 metres)IATA airport code
BEQICAO airport code
EGXHOpen location code
9F428QVF+25GeoNames ID
6296669
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