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RAF Cosford

Royal Air Force Cosford or RAF Cosford is a Royal Air Force station near the village of , Shropshire, England just to the northwest of and next to Albrighton.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Air Force training station and aerodrome in Shropshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “EGWC”, “Royal Air Force Cosford”, and “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Address: Wolverhampton, WV7 3EX

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Air Force Museum Midlands and Cosford railway station.

Museum
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The , located at RAF Cosford in , is a free museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular.

Railway station
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is a railway station which serves the village of in , England. It also serves RAF Cosford which is also home to a branch of the Royal Air Force Museum.

Railway station
Photo: A Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station which serves the village of Albrighton in , . The former up goods yard is now occupied by a small estate of low rise offices.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shifnal and Ryton.

Photo: Shropman, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a small market town in . Some writers have claimed that was the inspiration for Market Blandings, a town that appears in several of P.G.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, in the district of . It lies about one mile north north west of . The civil parish originates during Norman times, and appears as "Ruitone" in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Village
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village and civil parish in , England, 8 miles northwest of and 11 miles northeast of . The village has a on the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line, and is near to RAF Cosford and the .

RAF Cosford

Latitude
52.6396° or 52° 38′ 23″ north
Longitude
-2.3085° or 2° 18′ 31″ west
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
Open location code
9C4VJMQR+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31183032
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Wiki­data ID
Q4120040
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“RAF Cosford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “EGWC”
  • Arabic: “RAF Cosford”
  • Arabic: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Arabic: “قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي كوسفورد”
  • Arabic: “كوسفورد”
  • Catalan: “EGWC”
  • Catalan: “RAF Cosford”
  • Catalan: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Catalan: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Cebuano: “Cosford Royal Air Force Base”
  • Cebuano: “EGWC”
  • Cebuano: “RAF Cosford”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Chinese: “EGWC”
  • Chinese: “RAF Cosford”
  • Chinese: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Chinese: “高福特”
  • Dutch: “EGWC”
  • Dutch: “RAF Cosford”
  • Dutch: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Dutch: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • French: “EGWC”
  • French: “RAF Cosford”
  • French: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • French: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • German: “EGWC”
  • German: “RAF Cosford”
  • German: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • German: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Hebrew: “EGWC”
  • Hebrew: “RAF Cosford”
  • Hebrew: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Hebrew: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Indonesian: “EGWC”
  • Indonesian: “RAF Cosford”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Japanese: “EGWC”
  • Japanese: “RAF Cosford”
  • Japanese: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Japanese: “コスフォード空軍基地”
  • Malay: “EGWC”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Cosford”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Cosford”
  • Malay: “RAF Cosford”
  • Malay: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Persian: “EGWC”
  • Persian: “RAF Cosford”
  • Persian: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی کاسفورد”
  • Romanian: “EGWC”
  • Romanian: “RAF Cosford”
  • Romanian: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Romanian: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Spanish: “Cosford Airfield”
  • Spanish: “EGWC”
  • Spanish: “RAF Cosford”
  • Spanish: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Spanish: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Swedish: “EGWC”
  • Swedish: “RAF Cosford”
  • Swedish: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Swedish: “Royal Air Force Station Cosford”
  • Tajik: “EGWC”
  • Tajik: “RAF Cosford”
  • Tajik: “Royal Air Force Cosford”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате косфурд”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Whiston Cross and Cosford.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include BAC VC10 C.1K and National Cold War Exhibition.

Shropshire: Must-Visit Destinations

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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 Cosford”. Photo: John Chorley, CC BY-SA 2.0.