RAF Bassingbourn
Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately 3 mi north of Royston, Hertfordshire and 11 mi south west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: former military airbase located in Cambridgeshire
- Also known as: “Bassingbourn Air Force Base (historical)” and “BS”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ford Wood and All Saints (Shingay-cum-Wendy Parish Church).
Ford Wood
Forest
Ford Wood is a woodland in Cambridgeshire, England, near Bassingbourn. It covers a total area of 2.34 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
Bassingbourn Village College
School
Bassingbourn Village College is an academy school in Bassingbourn, just across the Cambridgeshire border from Royston, Hertfordshire. As of 2024 it has 666 students.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whaddon and Bassingbourn.
Whaddon
Village
Photo: Alan Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whaddon is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, 6 kilometres north of Royston.
Bassingbourn
Village
Photo: Mike W Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth is a civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles south-west of Cambridge and just north of Royston, Hertfordshire.
Wendy
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wendy is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shingay cum Wendy, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England around 5 miles north west of Royston. In 1951 the parish had a population of 81.
RAF Bassingbourn
Latitude
52.09542° or 52° 5′ 44″ northLongitude
-0.05062° or 0° 3′ 2″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
9C4X3WWX+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2812943085OpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“RAF Bassingbourn” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Bassingbourne”
- Chinese: “巴辛伯恩皇家空軍基地”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Bassingbourn”
- Swedish: “RAF Bassingbourn”
- Swedish: “Royal Air Force Bassingbourne”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mettle Hill and Shingay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include English Electric Canberra WJ821 and Bassingbourn Dry Ski Slope.
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