Langwith Great Wood

Langwith Great Wood is a forest in Elvington, York, England. Langwith Great Wood is situated nearby to the locality Langwith Lakes, as well as near Dickson’s Tillmire.

Places of Interest

Highlights include RAF Elvington and Yorkshire Air Museum.

RAF Elvington

Aerodrome

Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Royal Air Force Elvington or more simply RAF Elvington is a former Royal Air Force satellite station which operated from the beginning of the Second World War until 1992 located at Elvington, Yorkshire, England.

Yorkshire Air Museum

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is an aviation museum in Elvington, York, England, on the site of the former RAF Elvington airfield, a Second World War RAF Bomber Command station.

Halifax College

University

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Halifax College is a constituent college of the University of York. Founded in 2001, the college was named after Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax and is the largest college at York by number of students.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heslington and Wheldrake.

Heslington

Village

Photo: Sam Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heslington is a suburban village and civil parish within the City of York district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, south-east of the centre of York.

Wheldrake

Village

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wheldrake is a village and civil parish located 7 miles south-east of York in the unitary authority of the City of York, which is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.

Osbaldwick

Village

Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Osbaldwick is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. Situated 2 miles east of York, Osbaldwick is nowadays generally considered one of York's suburbs, though parts of it retain its historic character.

Langwith Great Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Elvington, York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.9156° or 53° 54′ 56″ north

Longitude

-1.0078° or 1° 0′ 28″ west

Open location code

9C5WWX8R+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55509451

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Langwith Lakes and Dickson’s Tillmire.

Notable Places Nearby

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