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Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides higher education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, other government departments and service personnel from other nations.
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: provider of higher education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, other government departments
  • Also known as: “The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom” and “UK Defence Academy”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum and Church of St Thomas.

Museum
The Royal Army Chaplains' Museum at , England, tells the story of British Army chaplaincy from earliest times to the present day, with the help of archive material and historical relics from several centuries. is situated 1,900 feet west of Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.

Church
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.

Church
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is situated 1 mile southwest of Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Watchfield and Shrivenham.

Village
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the in on the edge of southwest , southern , about 3 miles southeast of in neighbouring .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the , , England, about 5 miles south-west of . The village is close to the county boundary with and about 5 miles east-northeast of the centre of .

Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the District. It was part of until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to .

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Latitude
51.60568° or 51° 36′ 20″ north
Longitude
-1.63688° or 1° 38′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C3WJ947+76
Open­Street­Map ID
way 59806492
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­academy
Wiki­data ID
Q5251144
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Slovenian—“Defence Academy of the United Kingdom” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أكاديمية الدفاع (المملكة المتحدة)”
  • Arabic: “أكاديمية الدفاع”
  • Catalan: “Acadèmia de Defensa del Regne Unit”
  • Chinese: “英國國防學院”
  • German: “Defence Academy of the United Kingdom”
  • Hebrew: “מכללת ההגנה של הממלכה המאוחדת”
  • Hungarian: “az Egyesült Királyság Védelmi Akadémiája”
  • Japanese: “イギリス国防アカデミー”
  • Japanese: “シュリヴェンハム防衛アカデミー”
  • Slovenian: “Defence Academy of the United Kingdom”
  • Slovenian: “Obrambna akademija Združenega kraljestva”
  • Slovenian: “UK Defence Academy”

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Highlights include DCMT Library and New Plantation.

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