Other places · North East England
RAF Ouston
In or near Horsley.
RAF Ouston in England North East, United Kingdom.
Andrew Curtis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Prudhoe · 6.6 km
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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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
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…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.0247, -1.8725
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Stamfordham
- Postcode
- NE18 0PX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
- Established
- 1940
- Nearest railway station
- Prudhoe — 6.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7275517 (CC0)
- wikipedia: RAF Ouston (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is RAF Ouston?
- RAF Ouston is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE18 0PX), in the parish of Stamfordham.
- What is RAF Ouston?
- RAF Ouston in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to RAF Ouston?
- The nearest railway station is Prudhoe, about 6.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE18 0PX.
- When was RAF Ouston built?
- Built or established in 1940.
- Who owns RAF Ouston?
- RAF Ouston is owned by Royal Air Force.
- Is RAF Ouston a protected site?
- Yes — RAF Ouston is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to RAF Ouston?
- The nearest railway station is Prudhoe, about 6.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE18 0PX.