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Henlow

Royal Air Force Henlow or more simply RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in , England, equidistant from , and . It houses the RAF Centre of Aerospace Medicine and the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group, and was home to the Signals Museum, which closed in June 2024.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force support station in Bedfordshire, England
  • Also known as: “RAF Henlow”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arlesey railway station and Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henlow.

Railway station
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serves the town of in , . It is 37 miles 3 chains from on the East Coast Main Line.

Church
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Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in , , . It became a listed building on 31 October, 1966. The original footprint of the church dates back to the 12th century, but the current building dates mostly from the 15th century.

Church
Photo: Robin Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed church in , , England. It became a listed building on 31 October 1966.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Henlow and Upper Stondon.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the district of the county of , England, about 11 miles south-east of the county town of .

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. is a very small settlement with few amenities.

Village
is a small village in the district of , England. It is located close to the border with , around 2.5 miles south-west of .

Henlow

Latitude
52.01714° or 52° 1′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.30285° or 0° 18′ 10″ west
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
ICAO airport code
EGWE
Open location code
9C4X2M8W+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41814153
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
11711172
Wiki­data ID
Q7275373
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tajik—“Henlow” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “英国皇家空军亨洛基地”
  • Chinese: “英國皇家空軍亨洛基地”
  • French: “RAF Henlow”
  • Japanese: “ヘンロウ空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Henlow”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی هنلو”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате ҳнлу”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Henlow”. Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.