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Henstridge

Henstridge

Royal Naval Air Station Henstridge is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase, located 7 miles west of , in and 12.4 miles east of , in , in South West England. It is home to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airfield in Somerset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “EGHS”, “Henstridge Airfield”, “Henstridge Airport”, and “RNAS Henstridge”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gartell Light Railway and Church of St Nicholas.

Theme park
Photo: TIM CHAPMAN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a privately run narrow gauge railway located at in the Blackmore Vale, south of , in , England.

Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The in , , England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fifehead Wood and Kington Magna.

Locality
is a woodland in , England, near the village of . Owned and maintained by the Woodland Trust, covers a total area of 20.36 hectares, and is situated upon a ridge of Corallian Limestone within the depths of Blackmoor Vale.

Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of , England, about 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles east of in the district, near the border with . The parish includes the hamlet of Yenston. In 2011, the village had a population of 1,814.

Henstridge

Latitude
50.98542° or 50° 59′ 8″ north
Longitude
-2.35585° or 2° 21′ 21″ west
Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)
ICAO airport code
EGHS
Open location code
9C2VXJPV+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 80576176
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
11711173
Wiki­data ID
Q12692989
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In Other Languages

From French to Romanian—“Henstridge” goes by many names.
  • French: “Aérodrome de Henstridge”
  • Indonesian: “EGHS”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Henstridge”
  • Piemontese: “Henstridge Airfield”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Henstridge”

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Highlights include Henstridge Golf & Leasure and Climb Aboard.

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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 “Henstridge”. Photo: Adam Temperton, CC BY-SA 2.0.