Azimghur Barracks
Colerne Airfield, now known as Azimghur Barracks, is a British Army facility just north-west of the village of Colerne, Wiltshire, England. It is set to close in 2029.- Type: Military installation
- Also known as: “RAF Colerne”
- Address: Colerne, SN14 8QY
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bury Camp and Church of St John the Baptist.
Bury Camp
Archaeological site
Bury Camp is the site of an Iron Age multivallate hillfort in north-west Wiltshire, England. It occupies a triangular promontory of Colerne Down, in the north of Colerne parish, at the southern edge of the Cotswold Hills between two spurs of a river valley. Bury Camp is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Azimghur Barracks.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Baptist is situated 1 mile southeast of Azimghur Barracks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colerne and The Shoe.
Colerne
Village
Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colerne is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles west of the town of Corsham and 7 miles northeast of the city of Bath.
The Shoe
Hamlet
Photo: Deipnosophista, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Shoe is a hamlet in the parish of North Wraxall, in the north-west of Wiltshire in England. It lies at the junction of the Fosse Way and the A420. The settlement is named after the former inn called The Horse-shoe and is about 7 miles west of Chippenham and the same distance northeast of Bath.
North Wraxall
Village
Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Wraxall is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 6 miles west of Chippenham, just north of the A420 road between Chippenham and Bristol. North Wraxall is situated 1½ miles north of Azimghur Barracks.
Azimghur Barracks
Latitude
51.45003° or 51° 27′ 0″ northLongitude
-2.27612° or 2° 16′ 34″ westOperator
British ArmyOpen location code
9C3VFP2F+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1533338297OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=base
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