RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre

Royal Air Force Hornchurch, or more simply RAF Hornchurch, is a former Royal Air Force sector station in the parish of Hornchurch, Essex, located to the southeast of Romford.

Type: Museum
Description: Aviation museum in England
Address: 119,121 Suttons Lane, RM12 6RU

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hornchurch tube station and Sanders Draper School.

Hornchurch tube station

Metro station

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

Hornchurch is a London Underground station in the town of Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, East London. It is on the District line between Elm Park to the west and Upminster Bridge to the east. Hornchurch tube station is situated 3,000 feet north of RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre.

Sanders Draper School

School

Sanders Draper is a mixed-gender secondary school for students aged between 11 and 16 located in Hornchurch, London Borough of Havering, UK. In September 2018 Mr Brooks took over as Headteacher and the school joined Success For All Educational Trust and so worked in partnership with Redden Court and Royal Liberty. Sanders Draper School is situated 1,600 feet north of RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre.

Hornchurch Country Park

Park

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hornchurch Country Park is a 104.5-hectare park on the former site of Hornchurch Airfield, south of Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, east London. Hornchurch Country Park is situated 2,900 feet south of RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elm Park and Hornchurch.

Elm Park

Suburb

Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elm Park is a suburban planned community in East London and part of the London Borough of Havering. Located 14.3 miles east-northeast of Charing Cross, it is identified as a district centre in the London Plan with several streets of shops and a priority for regeneration.

Hornchurch

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hornchurch is an outer district of East London, England. It is about 15 mi from the centre of the city, in the London Borough of Havering. It is one of two main tourist centres in Havering and extends to include the neighbouring areas of Rainham and Upminster, with a collection of small museums and heritage sites.

Upminster Bridge

Quarter

Photo: MRSC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Upminster Bridge is a crossing of the River Ingrebourne carrying the A124 road between the suburbs of Hornchurch and Upminster in northeast London, England.

RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre

Categories: history museum, commerce, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Havering, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.54587° or 51° 32′ 45″ north

Longitude

0.21599° or 0° 12′ 58″ east

Open location code

9F32G6W8+89

OpenStreetMap ID

way 863398614

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=commercial

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q123983447

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