RAF Benson
RAF Benson is a barracks in Benson, South Oxfordshire District, England. RAF Benson is situated nearby to the recreation area Rabbit Hill, as well as near the community center Ewelme Village Hall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wallingford Castle and Benson Library.
Wallingford Castle
Castle
Photo: Pitou250, Public domain.
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames. Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries". Wallingford Castle is situated 2 miles west of RAF Benson.
Benson Library
Library
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benson Library is situated 1¼ miles west of RAF Benson.
Wallingford Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wallingford Museum is a museum with collections of local interest in the town of Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire. The museum has an extensive collection relating to the town's history. Wallingford Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of RAF Benson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ewelme and Preston Crowmarsh.
Ewelme
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ewelme is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, 2.5 miles northeast of the market town of Wallingford. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 1,048.
Preston Crowmarsh
Hamlet
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston Crowmarsh is a hamlet in Benson civil parish in South Oxfordshire. It is on the River Thames 1 mile north of Wallingford. The river can be crossed on foot here at Benson Lock.
Benson
Village
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benson is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census gave the parish population as 4,754. It lies about a mile and a half north of Wallingford at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, where a chalk stream, Ewelme Brook, joins the River Thames next to Benson Lock.
RAF Benson
- Type: Barracks
- Categories: military installation, residential building, and building
- Location: Benson, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61328° or 51° 36′ 48″ northLongitude
-1.08149° or 1° 4′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C3WJW79+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 60231357OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=barracks
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