RAF Spadeadam
RAF Spadeadam is a Royal Air Force station in Cumbria, England, close to the border with Northumberland. It is the home of the 9,000 acre electronic warfare tactics range, making it the largest RAF base in the United Kingdom.Photo: Wo st 01, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: Royal Air Force station in Cumbria, England
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Churnsike Lodge and Gilsland.
Churnsike Lodge
Locality
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Churnsike Lodge is an early Victorian hunting lodge situated in the parish of Greystead, west Northumberland, England. Constructed in 1850 by the Charlton family, descendants of the noted Border Reivers family of the English Middle March, the lodge formed part of the extensive Hesleyside estate, located some 10 miles from Hesleyside Hall itself. Churnsike Lodge is situated 3½ miles northeast of RAF Spadeadam.
Gilsland
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland. Gilsland is situated 4 miles south of RAF Spadeadam.
RAF Spadeadam
- Category: Royal Air Force station
- Location: Kingwater, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.04899° or 55° 2′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.58487° or 2° 35′ 6″ westElevation
676 feet (206 metres)Open location code
9C7V2CX8+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 330856311OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“RAF Spadeadam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斯佩迪達皇家空軍基地”
- Dutch: “RAF Spadeadam”
- French: “RAF Spadeadam”
- German: “RAF Spadeadam”
- Japanese: “スパディーダム空軍基地”
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