RAF Elvington
Royal Air Force Elvington or more simply RAF Elvington is a former Royal Air Force satellite station which operated from the beginning of the Second World War until 1992 located at Elvington, Yorkshire, England.Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Elvington” and “EV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yorkshire Air Museum and York Maze.
Yorkshire Air Museum
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is an aviation museum in Elvington, York, England, on the site of the former RAF Elvington airfield, a Second World War RAF Bomber Command station.
York Maze
Park
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
York Maze is a maze constructed from maize located off the B1228 road near Elvington in England.
St Helen’s Church, Wheldrake
Church
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Helen's Church is the parish church in Wheldrake, a village in the rural south-eastern part of the City of York, in England. The oldest part of the church is the tower, which dates from the 14th century, but was rebuilt in the 15th century, with larger stones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wheldrake and Dunnington.
Wheldrake
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wheldrake is a village and civil parish located 7 miles south-east of York in the unitary authority of the City of York, which is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
Dunnington
Village
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnington is a village and civil parish in the City of York and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 3,230 at the 2011 census.
Osbaldwick
Village
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Osbaldwick is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 2,902.
RAF Elvington
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, air base, sports location, and transportation
- Location: Elvington, York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.9238° or 53° 55′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.9881° or 0° 59′ 17″ westOperator
Elvington Park Ltd.Open location code
9C5XW2F6+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1801107133OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
sport=motorsportsWikidata ID
Q7275305
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Satellite Map
Discover RAF Elvington from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“RAF Elvington” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Elvington”
Localities in the Area
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