Membury
Royal Air Force Membury or more simply RAF Membury is a former Royal Air Force station built in the civil parish of Lambourn in Berkshire, England, approximately 4.6 miles north-northwest of Hungerford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: former World War II airfield built in the civil parish of Lambourn, Berkshire
- Also known as: “ME”, “RAF Membury”, and “Royal Air Force Membury”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Watts Bank and St Mary’s Church, Lambourn Woodlands.
Watts Bank
Nature reserve
Watts Bank is a 1.9-hectare nature reserve south of Lambourn in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Watts Bank is situated 1½ miles northeast of Membury.
St Mary’s Church, Lambourn Woodlands
Church
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Lambourn Woodlands in the English county of Berkshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Mary’s Church, Lambourn Woodlands is situated 1½ miles east of Membury.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 2½ miles northwest of Membury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lambourn Woodlands and Baydon.
Lambourn Woodlands
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lambourn Woodlands is a hamlet in the English county of Berkshire. The village is situated in the civil parish of Lambourn, and is 2 miles to the south of the village of Lambourn.
Baydon
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baydon is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England about 10 miles south-east of Swindon. The eastern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with Berkshire, and the village is about 7 miles north-west of the West Berkshire market town of Hungerford. Baydon is situated 2½ miles northwest of Membury.
Lambourn
Village
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lambourn is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It lies just north of the M4 Motorway between Swindon and Newbury, and borders Wiltshire to the west and Oxfordshire to the north. Lambourn is situated 2½ miles northeast of Membury.
Membury
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, air base, and transportation
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Membury” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Membury”
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