RAF Barkston Heath
Royal Air Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Royal Air Force aerodrome near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England; parented by RAF Cranwell
- Also known as: “EGYE”, “Royal Air Force Barkston Heath”, and “Royal Air Force Station Barkston Heath”
- Address: Grantham, NG32 2DQ
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ancaster railway station and St Bartholomew’s Church.
Ancaster railway station
Railway station
Ancaster railway station serves the village of Ancaster, in Lincolnshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hough-on-the-Hill and Gelston.
Grantham
Grantham is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.RAF Barkston Heath
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, military installation, and transport
- Location: Barkston, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96283° or 52° 57′ 46″ north
Longitude
-0.55997° or 0° 33′ 36″ west
Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)
Operator
ICAO airport code
EGYE
Open location code
9C4XXC7R+42
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“RAF Barkston Heath” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barkston Heath Royal Air Force Base”
- French: “RAF Barkston Heath”
- German: “RAF Barkston Heath”
- Japanese: “バークストン・ヒース空軍基地”
- Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Barkston Heath”
- Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی بارکستون هیث”
- Swedish: “Barkston Heath Royal Air Force Base”
- Swedish: “RAF Barkston Heath”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате боркстун ҳис”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Barkston Heath and Willoughby Heath.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bloodhound Missile Launch Site (Dissused) and Bloodhound Missile Launch Site (Dissused).
Lincolnshire: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Lincoln and Grimsby.
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