Firs Farm Airstrip

Firs Farm Airstrip is an airstrip in Winterbourne, West Berkshire, England. Firs Farm Airstrip is situated nearby to the forest Pope’s Wood, as well as near Penclose Copse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St James and RAF Welford.

Church of St James

Church

Photo: MalcolmGould, CC BY 3.0.

Church of St James is situated 3,400 feet north of Firs Farm Airstrip.

RAF Welford

Military installation

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Royal Air Force Welford or more simply RAF Welford is an active Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England. The station lies approximately 6 miles northwest of Newbury, and about 50 miles west of London. RAF Welford is situated 1½ miles west of Firs Farm Airstrip.

Church of St Barnabas

Church

Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Barnabas is situated 1½ miles northeast of Firs Farm Airstrip.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leckhampstead and Peasemore.

Leckhampstead

Village

Photo: MalcolmGould, CC BY 3.0.

Leckhampstead is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England in the North Wessex Downs. A road and boundary stone in Leckhampstead, the Hangman's Stone and Hangman's Stone Lane, are named after a tale of a man who roped and carried a stolen sheep from a farm in Leckhampstead around his neck, but which strangled him after he stopped and slept.

Peasemore

Village

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Peasemore is a village and civil parish in the English ceremonial and historic county of Berkshire in the West Berkshire unitary authority area, west of the A34 road and north of the town of Newbury. Peasemore is situated 1½ miles northeast of Firs Farm Airstrip.

Winterbourne

Hamlet

Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Winterbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 3 miles north of Newbury in West Berkshire. Winterbourne is situated 2 miles southeast of Firs Farm Airstrip.

Firs Farm Airstrip

Type: Airstrip
Category: transportation
Location: Winterbourne, West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.47222° or 51° 28′ 20″ north

Longitude

-1.36332° or 1° 21′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C3WFJCP+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4945745334

OpenStreetMap feature

aeroway=airstrip

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Highlights include Pope’s Wood and Penclose Copse.

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