Suffolk
Waveney District
North Cove

Beccles Airfield

Beccles Airfield, also known as Beccles Airport or Beccles Aerodrome, is located 2 NM southeast of in the county of , England. Built during the Second World War, it has operated as a heliport servicing the North Sea oil and gas industry and currently operates as a base for private flights, flight training and parachuting.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airfield in the United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “BE”, “Beccles Aerodrome”, “EGSM”, and “RAF Beccles”

Places of Interest

Highlights include All Saints Church, Ellough and Church of All Saints.

Church
Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of , , England. The church is medieval in origin and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Church
Photo: Helen Steed, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 71 hectare nature reserve west of in . It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Barnby Broad and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest the Broadland Ramsar internationally important wetland…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Cove and Hulver Street.

Village
Photo: Ian Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of . It is part of the East Suffolk district, located around 3 miles east of and 5 miles west of .

Hamlet
Photo: Ian Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known simply as Hulver, is a hamlet near the market town of , in the civil parish of Henstead with , in the East Suffolk district, in the county of , England.

Village
is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of , England. The village is 5 miles west of and 3 miles east of in the north of the county.

Beccles Airfield

Latitude
52.43537° or 52° 26′ 7″ north
Longitude
1.61868° or 1° 37′ 7″ east
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
ICAO airport code
EGSM
Open location code
9F43CJP9+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042032862
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
8531974
Wiki­data ID
Q1655319
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Beccles Airfield” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Beccles Airport”
  • French: “aérodrome de Beccles”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Beccles”
  • French: “Ancienne base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
  • Indonesian: “EGSM”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Beccles”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بکلس”
  • Piemontese: “Beccles Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Beccles”
  • Swedish: “Beccles Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Беклс”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бклс”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ellough and Worlingham.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Waveney Crematorium and Memorial Park and Ellough Airfield Solar Farm.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beccles Airfield”. Photo: John Chorley, CC BY-SA 2.0.