RAF Abbots Bromley
RAF Abbots Bromley is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground located 0.7 miles north-west of the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. The airfield opened during 1940 and closed on 31 March 1949 being the satellite of RAF Burnaston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alan Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: former Royal Air Force stations
- Also known as: “Abbots Bromley (Yeatshall Farm)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blithfield Reservoir and Church of St Nicholas.
Blithfield Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: William Hook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blithfield Reservoir is a large raw water reservoir in Staffordshire, England, owned by South Staffordshire Water. Some 790 acres of reservoir was formed on land sold by Baron Bagot to the South Staffordshire Water Works in the 1940s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbots Bromley and Colton.
Abbots Bromley
Village
Photo: Mariegriffiths, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbots Bromley is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire and lies approximately 9.8 miles east of Stafford, England.
Colton
Village
Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colton is a village and civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. It is situated just outside the town of Rugeley off the B5013 road which heads towards Uttoxeter to the north.
Admaston
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Admaston is a small hamlet in Staffordshire, England just outside the town of Rugeley near to Abbots Bromley and Blithfield Hall. The name Admaston is derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Ēadmund and means 'Ēadmund's town'; it was recorded in the 12th century as Edmundestone and Admerdeston, and in the 13th century as Admundestan and Edmundestone.
RAF Abbots Bromley
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, air base, and transportation
- Location: Abbots Bromley, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8177° or 52° 49′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.9002° or 1° 54′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C4WR39X+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 2576460452OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeWikidata ID
Q7275121
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“RAF Abbots Bromley” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “RAF Abbots Bromley”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Abbots Bromley”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Radmore Wood and Heatley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abbots Bromley Police Station and Abbots Bromley Community Fire Station.
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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 Wikipedia page “RAF Abbots Bromley”. Photo: Alan Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.