Inskip Transmitting Station
Royal Naval Air Station Inskip, was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase near the village of Inskip, Lancashire, England. It saw considerable aircrew training activity towards the end of the Second World War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: former Royal Naval Air Station in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “HMS Inskip”, “HMS Nightjar”, “MOD Inskip”, and “RNAS Inskip”
- Address: Higham Side Road, Inskip, Preston, PR4 0TN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Peter and Christ Church, Treales.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter is situated 1 mile northeast of Inskip Transmitting Station.
Christ Church, Treales
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church, Treales is situated 1½ miles south of Inskip Transmitting Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Catforth and Kirkham.
Catforth
Village
Catforth is a village in the English civil parish of Woodplumpton and the City of Preston district, in Lancashire, England. There is a village hall and the now-closed pub, The Running Pump, is situated on Catforth Road, which is the village's main road. Catforth is situated 1½ miles east of Inskip Transmitting Station.
Kirkham
Photo: robert wade, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkham is a small town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. Kirkham has 20 heritage listed buildings. Many of the buildings in the town centre date from the Georgian and Victorian eras.
Garstang
Town
Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is 10 miles north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster. Garstang is situated 6 miles northeast of Inskip Transmitting Station.
Inskip Transmitting Station
Latitude
53.82468° or 53° 49′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.83272° or 2° 49′ 58″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Operator
BabcockOpen location code
9C5VR5F8+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1212849066OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryGeoNames ID
8030446Wikidata ID
Q7277153
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In Other Languages
“Inskip Transmitting Station” goes by many names.
- French: “RNAS Inskip”
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