Blakehill Farm
Royal Air Force Blakehill Farm or more simply RAF Blakehill Farm is a former Royal Air Force station southwest of Cricklade in Wiltshire, England, operational between 1944 and 1952.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: former RAF airfield southwest of Cricklade in Wiltshire, England, operational 1944 - 1952
- Also known as: “RAF Blakehill Farm” and “XF”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include All Saints Church, Leigh and Hayes Knoll railway station.
All Saints Church, Leigh
Church
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church was built around 1250 at Leigh, north Wiltshire, England, and was originally on a site half a mile to the north of its current location. All Saints Church, Leigh is situated 1 mile northwest of Blakehill Farm.
Hayes Knoll railway station
Railway station
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hayes Knoll railway station is found on the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire, England. Hayes Knoll station was built in 1999 as part of the work to reopen the section of the former Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade, the entire route having been closed in 1961. Hayes Knoll railway station is situated 2 miles east of Blakehill Farm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Purton Stoke and Leigh.
Purton Stoke
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton Stoke is a small village in north Wiltshire, England, within the civil parish of Purton. The village lies along a side road off the Purton to Cricklade road, approximately 1.5 miles north of Purton village.
Leigh
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, 1.5 miles southeast of Ashton Keynes and 2.5 miles west of Cricklade. It is on the edge of the Cotswold Water Park and near to the county border with Gloucestershire.
Cricklade
Photo: Doowyah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227.
Blakehill Farm
- Categories: aerodrome, air base, Royal Air Force station, and transportation
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Blakehill Farm” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Blakehill Farm”
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