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South Cambridgeshire District

Duxford

Duxford is a small village in the county of , approximately 8 miles south of Cambridge. It is probably best known as the location of a Second World War British and American airfield, today serving as an important branch of the Imperial War Museum.
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  • Type: Village with 1,920 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England
  • Also known as: “Duxford, Cambridgeshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Imperial War Museum Duxford and Duxford Aerodrome.

Museum
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, also known as IWM Duxford or simply Duxford, is a branch of the near Duxford in , England.

Aerodrome
is located 8 nautical miles south of , within the civil parish of Duxford, , England and nearly 1-mile west of the village.

Railway station
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is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of in , England. It is 49 miles 1 chain down the line from and is situated between and stations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sawston and Whittlesford.

Village
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is a large village in in England, situated on the about seven miles south of with a population of 7,271. The village has historical roots dating back to medieval times and has landmarks such as , a Grade I listed Tudor manor house, and St. is situated 2 miles north of Duxford.

Village
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is a village in , England, and also the name of an old hundred. The village is situated on the Granta branch of the , seven miles south of . serves the village.

Village
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is a village in South Cambridgeshire, . The runs through the village, as does the Cambridge to railway, though the village has no station.

Duxford

Latitude
52.0948° or 52° 5′ 41″ north
Longitude
0.1583° or 0° 9′ 30″ east
Population
1,920
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
IATA airport code
QFO
United Nations Location Code
GB DXF
Open location code
9F4235V5+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25304397
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2650605
Wiki­data ID
Q1268125
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Duxford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دوكسفرد”
  • Basque: “Duxford”
  • Bengali: “ডাক্সফোর্ড”
  • Catalan: “Duxford”
  • Cebuano: “Duxford”
  • Chinese: “Duxford”
  • Chinese: “杜斯福特”
  • Chinese: “达克斯福德”
  • Chinese: “達克斯福德”
  • Czech: “Duxford”
  • Dutch: “Duxford”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دوكسفرد”
  • Esperanto: “Duxford”
  • French: “Duxford”
  • German: “Duxford”
  • Greek: “Ντάξφορντ”
  • Gujarati: “ડક્સફોર્ડ”
  • Irish: “Duxford”
  • Italian: “Duxford”
  • Japanese: “ダクスフォード”
  • Japanese: “ダックスフォード”
  • Kannada: “ಡಕ್ಸ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್”
  • Korean: “덕스포드”
  • Ladin: “Duxford”
  • Lithuanian: “Duksfordas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Duxford”
  • Persian: “داکسفورد”
  • Polish: “Duxford”
  • Portuguese: “Duxford”
  • Russian: “Даксфорд”
  • Slovak: “Duxford”
  • Slovenian: “Duxford”
  • Spanish: “Duxford”
  • Swedish: “Duxford”
  • Tamil: “டூஸ்போர்ட்”
  • Telugu: “డక్స్ ఫోర్డ్”
  • Turkish: “Duxford”
  • Ukrainian: “Даксфорд”
  • Urdu: “دوزفورڈ”
  • Western Frisian: “Duxfort”
  • “Duxford”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Duxford”. Photo: Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.