RAF Boulmer (Operations Site)

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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alnmouth railway station and Coach Inn.

Alnmouth railway station

Railway station

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Alnmouth railway station serves the coastal and rural villages of Alnmouth and Lesbury, and the market town of Alnwick, in Northumberland, England. It lies 34 mi 69 chains north of Newcastle on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. Alnmouth railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of RAF Boulmer (Operations Site).

Coach Inn

Building

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Coach Inn is a building, which is situated 3,500 feet southwest of RAF Boulmer (Operations Site).

Hipsburn Primary School

School

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Hipsburn Primary School is situated 1 mile south of RAF Boulmer (Operations Site).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lesbury and Hipsburn.

Lesbury

Village

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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.

Hipsburn

Village

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Hipsburn is a village.

Bilton

Hamlet

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Bilton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lesbury, Northumberland, in England. It is situated near the River Aln, a short distance inland from the North Sea coast, close to Alnmouth. Alnwick is the nearest town.

RAF Boulmer (Operations Site)

Type: Military installation
Address: Alnwick, NE66 3JF
Location: Lesbury, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.40712° or 55° 24′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.62311° or 1° 37′ 23″ west

Operator

Royal Air Force

Open location code

9C7WC94G+RQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 39965732

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=base

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