Essex
Epping Forest District
North Weald Bassett

North Weald

North Weald Airfield is an operational general aviation aerodrome, in the civil parish of in Epping Forest, , . It was an important fighter station during the Battle of Britain, when it was known as the RAF Station RAF North Weald.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in the United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “EGSX”, “North Weald Airfield”, and “RAF North Weald”

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Weald railway station and North Weald Airfield Museum.

Railway station
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is on the Epping Ongar Railway, a heritage railway, located in North Weald, Essex. The station was opened in 1865 by the Great Eastern Railway, on its extension from Loughton to Ongar.

Museum
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Railway station
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Blake Hall is a disused former station on the London Underground in the civil parish of , and south from the village of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Weald Bassett and Thornwood Common.

Village
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, or simply North Weald, is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of , England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 6,448 and the built up area had a population of 4,348.

Village
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is a village on the B1393 road, in the civil parish of and the Epping Forest district of , England. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 1016.

Village
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, also termed Common, is a village in the civil parish of , within the Epping Forest District of , England. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 1019.

North Weald

Latitude
51.72209° or 51° 43′ 20″ north
Longitude
0.15213° or 0° 9′ 8″ east
Elevation
262 feet (80 metres)
Operator
Epping Forest District Council
ICAO airport code
EGSX
Open location code
9F32P5C2+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23157961
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
11711394
Wiki­data ID
Q2875884
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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“North Weald” goes by many names.
  • French: “Aérodrome de North Weald”
  • French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
  • French: “RAF North Weald”
  • Indonesian: “EGSX”
  • Japanese: “ノース・ウィールド飛行場”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang North Weald”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North Weald”
  • Norwegian: “North Weald”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی ویلد”
  • Piemontese: “North Weald Airfield”
  • Polish: “RAF North Weald”
  • Urdu: “نارتھ ویلڈ ایئرفیلڈ”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include North Weald Market and St Andrew, North Weald.

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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 “North Weald”. Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.