Bruntingthorpe
Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground is a privately owned former airport near the village of Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire 11 miles to the south of Leicester. It was opened as RAF Bruntingthorpe in 1942.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airfield
- Description: former RAF aerodrome, now privately owned facility near the village of Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire, England
- Also known as: “Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome”, “Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground”, and “LHB”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints and Church of St Andrew.
St Mary’s Church, Bruntingthorpe
Church
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a church in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walton and Kimcote.
Walton
Village
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walton is a village in the civil parish of Kimcote and Walton, in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, south of Leicester and west of Market Harborough.
Walcote
Village
Walcote is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. It is on the A4304 road some two miles east of the town of Lutterworth and a mile east of Junction 20 of the M1 motorway. Walcote is situated 3 miles southwest of Bruntingthorpe.
Bruntingthorpe
- Categories: aerodrome and transportation
- Location: Kimcote and Walton, Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tajik—“Bruntingthorpe” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome”
- Dutch: “Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome”
- French: “aérodrome de Bruntingthorpe”
- French: “Aérodrome de Bruntingthorpe”
- French: “EG74”
- German: “Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome”
- Hebrew: “Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome”
- Indonesian: “Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome”
- Indonesian: “LHB”
- Japanese: “ブランティングソープ小型飛行場”
- Japanese: “ブランティングソープ航空機博物館”
- Japanese: “ブランティングソープ飛行場”
- Japanese: “ブランティンソープ試験場”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Bruntingthorpe, EG74”
- Persian: “فرودگاه برونتینگتورپ”
- Piemontese: “Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Брунтингторп”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи брунтингтурп”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Peatling Parva and Upper Bruntingthorpe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gilmorton Motte and Mowsley Hills.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bruntingthorpe”. Photo: Linda Mellor, CC BY-SA 2.0.