RAF Croughton
Royal Air Force Croughton or more simply RAF Croughton is a Royal Air Force station in Northamptonshire, England, located southeast of the village of Croughton.Photo: David Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: Royal Air Force station near Croughton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Croughton AFB”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of All Saints and Church of St George.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 1¼ miles northwest of RAF Croughton.
Church of St George
Church
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St George is situated 2 miles northeast of RAF Croughton.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles southeast of RAF Croughton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Juniper Hill and Croughton.
Juniper Hill
Hamlet
Photo: Snidge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Juniper Hill is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cottisford in Oxfordshire, England, 2 miles south of Brackley in neighbouring Northamptonshire. Juniper Hill was named after the common juniper, Juniperus communis, which originally grew in the area.
Croughton
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croughton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, about 3 miles southwest of Brackley. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 992.
Tusmore
Locality
Photo: Duncan Lilly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tusmore is a settlement in the civil parish of Hardwick with Tusmore, in the Cherwell district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 5+1⁄2 miles north of Bicester.
RAF Croughton
Latitude
51.98966° or 51° 59′ 23″ northLongitude
-1.18271° or 1° 10′ 58″ westOperator
United States Air ForceOpen location code
9C3WXRQ8+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 103214450OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q7275260
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“RAF Croughton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克勞登皇家空軍基地”
- Chinese: “克勞頓皇家空軍基地”
- French: “RAF Croughton”
- German: “RAF Croughton”
- Japanese: “クロートン空軍基地”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Croughton Manor Farm Airstrip and Slade Covert.
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