Other places · West Midlands
RAF Madley
In or near Kingstone.
RAF Madley in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Jonathan Billinger — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Broomy Hill · 8.0 km
About
RAF Madley is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Lugg SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Royal Air Force Madley or more simply RAF Madley is a former Royal Air Force station situated 6.2 miles (10 km) south west of Hereford in Herefordshire, England. The station was in use during the Second World War as a training base and was located between the villages of Kingstone and Madley.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The site opened as a training centre for aircrew and ground wireless operators on 27 August 1941. In 1941, No. 4 Signals School RAF was stated up at the base. The school was disbanded and renamed as No. 4 Radio School RAF in January 1943. In 1943, the grass airfield was reinforced with Sommerfeld Tracking and the centre's population rose to about 5,000. Also in 1943, RAF Madley became a base for one of ten Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Teams (MRT) that had been set up to rescue lost aircrew. The site was visited in 1944 prior to D-Day by US General George S. Patton, and later by Rudolf Hess (who had been held prisoner near Abergavenny) on his way to the Nuremberg Trials in 1946. The…
Visiting
Today only a few hangars remain, and Madley Communications Centre now occupies part of the site. Other parts of the site have been converted into a wildlife wetlands centre that is used for study. The B4352 and an unclassified road now cut what was the airfield area in two. On 1 August 2019 a Piper Arrow single engined aeroplane registered G-DIZY suffered an engine failure and made an emergency landing on the grass south of the runway intersections. It was later dismantled and removed by road for repair.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.0319, -2.8489
- District
- Herefordshire, County of
- Parish
- Madley
- Postcode
- HR2 9NH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- Established
- 1941
- Nearest railway station
- Broomy Hill — 8 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7275458 (CC0)
- wikipedia: RAF Madley (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RAF Madley?
- RAF Madley is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode HR2 9NH), in the parish of Madley.
- What is RAF Madley?
- RAF Madley in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to RAF Madley?
- The nearest railway station is Broomy Hill, about 8.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode HR2 9NH.
- When was RAF Madley built?
- Built or established in 1941.
- Who owns RAF Madley?
- RAF Madley is owned by Royal Air Force.
- Is RAF Madley a protected site?
- Yes — RAF Madley is part of the River Lugg SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to RAF Madley?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HR2 9NH. It sits within the Hereford and South Herefordshire parliamentary constituency.