St Eval
Royal Air Force St Eval or RAF St Eval is a former Royal Air Force station for the RAF Coastal Command, southwest of Padstow in Cornwall, England, UK. St Eval's primary role was to provide anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols off the south west coast.- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: former Royal Air Force station in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “RAF St Eval”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps and Downhill.
Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps
Stone
Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps is a stretch of coastline located on the north Cornish coast between Padstow and Newquay, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps is situated 1½ miles west of St Eval.
Downhill
Residential area
Downhill is a hamlet in the parish of St Eval, Cornwall, England. Downhill is situated 3,600 feet west of St Eval.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Eval and Trenance.
St Eval
Village
St Eval is a civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is about four miles southwest of Padstow. The parish population at the 2011 census was 960.
Trenance
Village
Trenance is a hamlet adjoining Mawgan Porth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Trenance Point is a headland nearby. There are also places called Trenance in the parishes of Mullion, Newquay, St Issey, St Keverne and St Wenn.
Mawgan Porth
Village
Mawgan Porth is a beach and small settlement in north Cornwall, England. It is north of Watergate Bay, approximately four miles north of Newquay, on the Atlantic Ocean coast. Mawgan Porth is situated 1½ miles southwest of St Eval.
St Eval
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, airbase, and transportation
- Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.47823° or 50° 28′ 42″ north
Longitude
-4.99988° or 4° 59′ 60″ west
Elevation
322 feet (98 metres)
Open location code
9C2QF2H2+72
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“St Eval” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF St Eval”
- German: “RAF St Eval”
- Japanese: “セント・エバル空軍基地”
- Polish: “RAF St Eval”
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