Henlow
Royal Air Force Henlow or more simply RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, equidistant from Bedford, Luton and Stevenage. 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.
- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 154 feet (47 metres)
- …has the ICAO airport code EGWE
- …is also known as “RAF Henlow”
- Description: Royal Air Force support station in Bedfordshire, England
Places of Interest
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Arlesey railway station
Arlesey railway station serves the town of Arlesey in Bedfordshire, England.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henlow
Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.
Church of St Peter, Arlesey
Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed church in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Henlow and Upper Stondon.
Lower Stondon
Village
Lower Stondon is a small village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
Henlow
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Latitude
52.01714° or 52° 1′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.30285° or 0° 18′ 10″ west
Open location code
9C4X2M8W+VV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway = aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = military
OpenStreetMap feature
military = airfield
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tajik—“Henlow” goes by many names.
英国皇家空军亨洛基地Chinese
英國皇家空軍亨洛基地Chinese
ヘンロウ空軍基地Japanese
Pengkalan Udara HenlowMalay
فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی هنلوPersian
Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате ҳнлуTajik
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