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RAF Ouston
RAF Ouston in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
RAF Ouston is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Royal Air Force Ouston or more simply RAF Ouston is a former Royal Air Force station that was located near the village of Stamfordham and the village of Heddon-on-the-Wall on Hadrian's Wall near Newcastle upon Tyne. It was built as a Second World War aerodrome and is today used by the British Army. Just north of the airfield is Richmond Hill, Northumberland, in the parish of Stamfordham.
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Background
History
In late 1938, the Air Ministry instructed a group of officials to go to Ouston to evaluate the possibility of building an airfield there. Unfortunately, the signal sent out by the ministry wasn't specific enough and some of the officials went to the one located a few miles southwest of Hexham. However, the intent at the time was for an airfield at the Ouston 12 mi west of Newcastle and north of the Stanegate Roman road to Carlisle, Cumbria. Construction work was slow to begin with because the area was quite remote from communication lines and there was some opposition from the local farming community, despite the land being of quite low quality. The station was built to a fairly standard…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0247, -1.8725
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Stamfordham
- Postcode
- NE18 0PX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
- Established
- 1940
Sources
- wikidata: Q7275517 (CC0)
- wikipedia: RAF Ouston (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RAF Ouston?
- RAF Ouston is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE18 0PX), in the parish of Stamfordham.
- When was RAF Ouston built?
- Built or established in 1940.
- Who owns RAF Ouston?
- RAF Ouston is owned by Royal Air Force.
- How do I get to RAF Ouston?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE18 0PX. It sits within the Hexham parliamentary constituency.