RAF Blakehill Farm
Royal Air Force Blakehill Farm or more simply RAF Blakehill Farm is a former Royal Air Force station southwest of Cricklade in Wiltshire, England, operational between 1944 and 1952.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: former RAF airfield southwest of Cricklade in Wiltshire, England, operational 1944 - 1952
- Also known as: “Blakehill Farm” and “XF”
- Postal code: SN6 6RA
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints Church, Leigh and Hayes Knoll railway station.
All Saints Church, Leigh
Church
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church was built around 1250 at Leigh, north Wiltshire, England, and was originally on a site half a mile to the north of its current location.
Hayes Knoll railway station
Railway station
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hayes Knoll railway station is found on the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire, England. Hayes Knoll station was built in 1999 as part of the work to reopen the section of the former Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade, the entire route having been closed in 1961.
St Sampson’s Church
Church
Photo: Doowyah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Sampson's is the Church of England parish church of the town of Cricklade, Wiltshire, England. A large aisled church with a central tower, the present building dates from the late 12th century but has fragments of Anglo-Saxon work.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cricklade and Purton.
Cricklade
Photo: Doowyah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227.
Purton
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of the centre of Swindon. The parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and Widham.
Ashton Keynes
Village
Photo: Richard22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashton Keynes is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England which borders with Gloucestershire. The village is about 5 miles south of Cirencester and 3.5 miles west of Cricklade.
RAF Blakehill Farm
- Categories: aerodrome, airbase, Royal Air Force station, recreation area, and meadow
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.6197° or 51° 37′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.8947° or 1° 53′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C3WJ494+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 318309421OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadowOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q7275179
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In Other Languages
“RAF Blakehill Farm” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Blakehill Farm”
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