RAF Wymeswold
Royal Air Force Wymeswold, or more simply RAF Wymeswold, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 3.5 miles north-east of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.Photo: Chris McLean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: former Royal Air Force airfield in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “WD”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prestwold Hall and All Saints’ Church, Rempstone.
Prestwold Hall
Building
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prestwold Hall is a country house in Leicestershire, England, standing in 2,500 acres of land in the parish of Prestwold. It is both a private home and a venue for weddings and events.
All Saints’ Church, Rempstone
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church, Rempstone is a parish church in the Church of England in Rempstone, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoton and Prestwold.
Hoton
Village
Hoton is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, on the A60 north-east of Loughborough, just south of the border with Nottinghamshire.
Prestwold
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Shenton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestwold is a hamlet and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The parish has a population of around 60. The population at the 2011 census remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Hoton.
Burton on the Wolds
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burton on the Wolds is a village in Leicestershire, England, situated on the B676 road 3 miles west of the A46 and about the same distance to the east of Loughborough, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire.
RAF Wymeswold
- Categories: aerodrome, Royal Air Force station, and relief landing ground
- Location: Hoton, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Indonesian—“RAF Wymeswold” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “RAF Wymeswold”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Wymeswold”
- German: “RAF Wymeswold”
- Indonesian: “RAF Wymeswold”
Localities in the Area
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