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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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 69 feet (21 metres)
  • …has the ICAO airport code EGSM
  • Description: airfield in the United Kingdom
  • Also known as
    “BE”
    “Beccles Aerodrome”
    “EGSM”
    “RAF Beccles”

Places of Interest

Highlights include All Saints Church, Ellough and Church of All Saints.
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All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of , , England.
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is a 71 hectare nature reserve west of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Cove and Hulver Street.
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is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of .
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, also known simply as Hulver…
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is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of , England.

Beccles Airfield

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Latitude
52.43537° or 52° 26′ 7″ north
Longitude
1.61868° or 1° 37′ 7″ east
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.

Suffolk: Highlights

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