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RAF Castletown
In or near Halkirk.
RAF Castletown in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Peter Wood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
RAF Castletown is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, 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 Castletown or more simply RAF Castletown, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station that operated during the Second World War. Built near to Castletown in Caithness, Scotland the station opened in 1940 and closed in 1945. Initially built to provide a base for fighter cover for the Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, it later became an air-sea rescue base as well, before closing just after the end of the war in Europe.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 58.5830, -3.3410
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- KW14 8TB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- Established
- 1940
Sources
- wikidata: Q7275225 (CC0)
- wikipedia: RAF Castletown (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is RAF Castletown?
- RAF Castletown is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW14 8TB).
- What is RAF Castletown?
- RAF Castletown in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to RAF Castletown?
- Drivers can use postcode KW14 8TB.
- When was RAF Castletown built?
- Built or established in 1940.
- Who owns RAF Castletown?
- RAF Castletown is owned by Royal Air Force.
- How do I get to RAF Castletown?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW14 8TB. It sits within the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross parliamentary constituency.