RAF Boulmer
Royal Air Force Boulmer or more simply RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland, England, and is home to the Air Command and Control Force, 19 Sqn - Control and Reporting Centre Boulmer, 20 Sqn - Operational Conversion Unit and 144 Signals Unit.Photo: Stuart Meek, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: Royal Air Force air defence monitoring station in Northumberland, England
- Also known as: “Boulmer” and “EGQM”
- Address: Alnwick, NE66 3JF
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Saints Peter and Paul and St Michael and All Angels Church.
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Saints Peter and Paul is situated 3,800 feet west of RAF Boulmer.
St Michael and All Angels Church
Church
Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael and All Angels Church is a Church of England parish church located within the grounds of the gardens of Howick Hall in the village of Howick, Northumberland, England. St Michael and All Angels Church is situated 1½ miles north of RAF Boulmer.
Fishing Boat Inn
Pub
Photo: Andy F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fishing Boat Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile east of RAF Boulmer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boulmer and Littlehoughton.
Boulmer
Village
Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boulmer is a village in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coast east of Alnwick. It is home to RAF Boulmer. Boulmer has an independent volunteer lifeboat station.
Littlehoughton
Hamlet
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlehoughton is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles northwest of RAF Boulmer.
Lesbury
Village
Lesbury is a small rural village in Northumberland in the north of England. It is built on the main coastal road 3.5 miles southeast of Alnwick, on the north bank of the River Aln. Alnmouth railway station is about half a mile away. Lesbury is situated 2 miles southwest of RAF Boulmer.
RAF Boulmer
- Categories: air base, Royal Air Force station, weather station, and military radar station
- Location: Longhoughton, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.42523° or 55° 25′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.60028° or 1° 36′ 1″ westOperator
Royal Air ForceOpen location code
9C7WC9GX+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 143871533OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata ID
Q7275191
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“RAF Boulmer” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Боулмер”
- Cebuano: “Boulmer”
- Chinese: “布爾默皇家空軍基地”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Boulmer”
- German: “RAF Boulmer”
- Indonesian: “EGQM”
- Japanese: “ボールマー空軍基地”
- Swedish: “Boulmer”
- Swedish: “RAF Boulmer”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include RAF Boulmer (Main Site) and Longhoughton Church of England Primary School.
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