Maypole
Maypole Airfield was a general aviation airfield located 2.5 miles south of Herne Bay, Kent and 5.2 miles north east of Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. It was scheduled to close in January 2021, and is closed as of May 2021.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: disused airfield in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “EGHB”, “Maypole Airfield”, and “Maypole Farm Airfield”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East Blean Woods and Wildwood Discovery Park.
East Blean Woods
Deciduous forest
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Blean Woods is a 151.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Herne Bay in Kent. It is also a National Nature Reserve a Special Area of Conservation and a Nature Conservation Review site.
Wildwood Discovery Park
Zoo
Wildwood Trust is a woodland discovery park in Herne, near Canterbury in Kent, England. It features over fifty species of native British animals such as deer, badgers, wild boar, wolves and brown bear.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoath and Herne.
Hoath
Village
Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hoath is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury local government district. The hamlets of Knaves Ash, Maypole, Ford, Old Tree, Shelvingford and Stoney Acre are included in the parish.
Herne
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herne is a village in the civil parish of Herne and Broomfield, in Canterbury district, in the county of Kent, England. It is divided by the Thanet Way from the seaside resort of Herne Bay.
Highstead
Hamlet
Highstead is a village near Chislet, off the A299 road, in the Canterbury District, in the English county of Kent. It is near the town of Herne Bay. Highstead is known for its iron-age pottery findings.
Maypole
- Category: transportation
- Location: Hoath, City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3375° or 51° 20′ 15″ northLongitude
1.15551° or 1° 9′ 20″ eastElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
9F3385P4+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 922081025OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
“Maypole” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “EGHB”
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