Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces
Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces is a memorial in Smarden, Ashford, England. Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces is situated nearby to the forest High Cross Wood, as well as near Wheeler Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lashenden and Church of St Michael.
Lashenden
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Headcorn Aerodrome is a private airfield in Kent, England. The airfield is located 8 NM south of Maidstone; about 32 miles southeast of London. Opened in 1943 during the Second World War, it was named RAF Lashenden. Lashenden is situated 2½ miles southwest of Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces.
Church of St Michael
Church
Church of St Michael is situated 1½ miles south of Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces.
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum
Museum
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum is an aviation museum at Lashenden Airfield in Kent in southeast England. Lashenden Air Warfare Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grafty Green and Boughton Malherbe.
Grafty Green
Village
Grafty Green is a village in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, falling within the civil parish of Boughton Malherbe. It contains two public houses. Grafty Green is situated 2½ miles north of Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces.
Boughton Malherbe
Village
Photo: Dave Skinner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, equidistant between Maidstone and Ashford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 428, including Sandway and Grafty Green, increasing to 476 at the 2011 Census. Boughton Malherbe is situated 3 miles north of Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces.
Platt’s Heath
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Platts Heath is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lenham, Kent, England. It is also the source of the River Len, which flows in a westerly direction to join the River Medway at Maidstone. Platt’s Heath is situated 3½ miles north of Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces.
Headcorn Airfield Royal Canadian and United States Air Forces
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Smarden, Ashford, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.17407° or 51° 10′ 27″ northLongitude
0.68551° or 0° 41′ 8″ eastOpen location code
9F325MFP+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 13669319508OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include High Cross Wood and Wheeler Wood.
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