Royal Air Force Station Burtonwood
Royal Air Force Burtonwood is a former Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces base that was located in Burtonwood, 2 miles Northwest of Warrington in Cheshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: former air force base in Cheshire, England
- Also known as: “RAF Burtonwood”, “RAF Warrington”, and “Royal Air Force Burtonwood”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gulliver’s World and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Burtonwood.
Gulliver’s World
Theme park
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Gulliver's World is a theme park located in Warrington, England, loosely based on the world of Lilliput from Gulliver's Travels. It consists of the themed areas Land, Gully Town, and Safari Kingdom. Gulliver’s World is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Royal Air Force Station Burtonwood.
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Burtonwood
Church
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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Burtonwood is situated 1 mile northwest of Royal Air Force Station Burtonwood.
Sankey for Penketh railway station
Railway station
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Sankey for Penketh railway station, also known as just Sankey, is a railway station in the west of Warrington, Cheshire, England, serving the Great Sankey, Penketh and Whittle Hall areas of the town. Sankey for Penketh railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Royal Air Force Station Burtonwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westbrook and Burtonwood.
Westbrook
Suburb
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Westbrook is a ward and suburb in north west Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it forms part of the civil parish of Burtonwood and Westbrook, to part of which it gives its name.
Burtonwood
Village
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Burtonwood is a village in the civil parish of Burtonwood and Westbrook, in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the name Burtonwood is known worldwide as the location of the former RAF Station Burtonwood military camp.
Royal Air Force Station Burtonwood
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, air base, and transportation
- Location: Burtonwood and Westbrook, Warrington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Royal Air Force Station Burtonwood” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伯頓伍德皇家空軍基地”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Burtonwood”
- French: “RAF Warrington”
- Japanese: “イギリスのバートンウッド空軍基地”
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Explore places such as Kingswood and Gemini.
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