RAF Fylingdales

Royal Air Force Fylingdales is a Royal Air Force station on Snod Hill in the North York Moors, England. Its motto is Vigilamus. It is a radar base, formerly part of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, and now part of the Solid State Phased Array Radar System.

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Type: Military installation
Description: Royal Air Force operated ballistic missile early warning and space surveillance station in North Yorkshire, England
Address: Pickering, YO18 7NT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Malo Cross and Newton Dale Halt railway station.

Malo Cross

Cross

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Malo Cross is situated 1¼ miles south of RAF Fylingdales.

Newton Dale Halt railway station

Railway station

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Newton Dale Halt railway station is a request stop on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves as a stopping off point for walkers around Newton Dale and Cropton Forest in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. Newton Dale Halt railway station is situated 2½ miles southwest of RAF Fylingdales.

Simon Howe

Peak

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Simon Howe is a peak, which is situated 2½ miles west of RAF Fylingdales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hole of Horcum and Goathland.

Hole of Horcum

Locality

The Hole of Horcum is a section of the valley of the Levisham Beck, upstream of Levisham and Lockton, in the Tabular Hills of the North York Moors National Park in northern England. Hole of Horcum is situated 2½ miles southwest of RAF Fylingdales.

Goathland

Village

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Goathland is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the North York Moors national park due north of Pickering, off the A169 to Whitby. Goathland is situated 3½ miles northwest of RAF Fylingdales.

Beck Hole

Hamlet

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Beck Hole is a small valley-based village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies within the Goathland civil parish and the North York Moors national park. Beck Hole is situated 4½ miles northwest of RAF Fylingdales.

RAF Fylingdales

Category: Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
Location: Lockton, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.3592° or 54° 21′ 33″ north

Longitude

-0.66781° or 0° 40′ 4″ west

Elevation

837 feet (255 metres)

Operator

Royal Air Force

Open location code

9C6X985J+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 630358917

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=base

GeoNames ID

12032448

Wikidata ID

Q1126073

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“RAF Fylingdales” goes by many names.

Chinese: “費林代爾皇家空軍基地”
Chinese: “飛行峽谷皇家空軍基地”
Danish: “RAF Fylingdales”
Dutch: “RAF Fylingdales”
French: “RAF Fylingdales”
German: “Fylingdales Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station”
German: “RAF Fylingdales”
Japanese: “フィリングデール空軍基地”
Russian: “Файлингдейлс”
Spanish: “RAF Fylingdales”

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