RAF Henlow

RAF Henlow is a military installation in Stondon, Central Bedfordshire, England. RAF Henlow is situated nearby to the theater building Henlow Theatre, as well as near the aircraft Hawker Hunter WT612.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Henlow and Arlesey railway station.

Henlow

Aerodrome

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Royal Air Force Henlow or more simply RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, equidistant from Bedford, Luton and Stevenage. It houses the RAF Centre of Aerospace Medicine and the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group, and was home to the Signals Museum, which closed in June 2024.

Arlesey railway station

Railway station

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Arlesey railway station serves the town of Arlesey in Bedfordshire, England. It is 37 miles 3 chains from London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Arlesey railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of RAF Henlow.

Church of St Peter (C of E) at Corner with Holwell Road

Church

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Church of St Peter (C of E) at Corner with Holwell Road is situated 1¼ miles south of RAF Henlow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Stondon and Upper Stondon.

Lower Stondon

Village

Lower Stondon is a small village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is located close to the border with Hertfordshire, around 2.5 miles south-west of Henlow.

Upper Stondon

Village

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Upper Stondon is a village in the civil parish of Stondon, in the Central Bedfordshire district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Upper Stondon is a very small settlement with few amenities.

Arlesey

Town

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Arlesey is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is near the border with Hertfordshire, about three miles north-west of Letchworth Garden City, four miles north of Hitchin and six miles south of Biggleswade. Arlesey railway station provides services to London, Stevenage and Peterborough.

RAF Henlow

Type: Military installation
Location: Stondon, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.00541° or 52° 0′ 20″ north

Longitude

-0.29774° or 0° 17′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C4X2P42+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41814148

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

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