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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Royal Air Force station near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
- Also known as: “EGYE”, “Royal Air Force Barkston Heath”, and “Royal Air Force Station Barkston Heath”
- Address: Grantham, NG32 2DQ
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancaster railway station and St Bartholomew’s Church.
Ancaster railway station
Railway station
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ancaster railway station serves the village of Ancaster, in Lincolnshire, England. The station lies 11.5 miles north of Grantham on the Nottingham to Skegness Line.
St Bartholomew’s Church
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Bartholomew's Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church dedicated to St Bartholomew the Apostle, in the English village of Welby, Lincolnshire. It is 4 miles north-east of Grantham, and 1 mile east of High Dyke, on part of the old Ermine Street Roman road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hough-on-the-Hill and Gelston.
Hough-on-the-Hill
Hamlet
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hough-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Brandon was 399 at the 2011 census.
Gelston
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gelston is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 2 miles west from the A607 road, 5 miles north from Grantham, and in the civil parish of Hough-on-the-Hill, a village 1 mile to the north-east.
Grantham
Photo: Jules & Jenny, CC BY 2.0.
Grantham is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road; it lies 23 miles south of Lincoln and 22 miles east of Nottingham.
RAF Barkston Heath
- Categories: air base, Royal Air Force station, military installation, and transportation
- 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″ northLongitude
-0.55997° or 0° 33′ 36″ westElevation
364 feet (111 metres)Operator
Royal Air ForceICAO airport code
EGYEOpen location code
9C4XXC7R+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 183642608OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Indonesian: “EGYE”
- 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
Explore places such as Barkston Heath and Willoughby Heath.
Notable Places Nearby
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