Abingdon
Royal Air Force Abingdon, or more simply RAF Abingdon, is a former Royal Air Force station near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It is now known as Dalton Barracks and is used by the Royal Logistic Corps.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dry Sandford Pit and Parsonage Moor.
Dry Sandford Pit
Nature reserve
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dry Sandford Pit is a 4.2-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and it is managed as a nature reserve by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
Parsonage Moor
Nature reserve
Parsonage Moor is a 6-hectare nature reserve north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
Church of St Helen
Church
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Helen is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Abingdon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dry Sandford and Shippon.
Dry Sandford
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dry Sandford is a village in the Vale of White Horse district of England, about 3 miles north-west of Abingdon. It is one of two villages in the civil parish of St Helen Without.
Shippon
Village
Shippon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, 1 mile west of Abingdon. It is the largest village in the civil parish of St. Helen Without, in Vale of White Horse District.
Wootton
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wootton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about 3 miles north-west of Abingdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Abingdon
- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Category: transportation
- Location: St. Helen Without, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.69064° or 51° 41′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.31658° or 1° 18′ 60″ westElevation
240 feet (73 metres)Open location code
9C3WMMRM+79GeoNames ID
11710888
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