List of former Royal Air Force stations

For current MoD and RAF stations, see List of RAF stations.

This list of former RAF Stations is a list of all stations, airfields, and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force.

Note- Former RAF Stations are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation.

Contents

Former Royal Air Force Stations

British Isles

Station Country County Operational period Notes
RAF Abbots Bromley England Staffordshire near Abbots Bromley; as located on wikimapia
RAF Abbotsinch Scotland Renfrewshire 1933–1943 passed to Navy in 1943, now Glasgow International Airport
RAF Abingdon England Oxfordshire
RAF Acaster Malbis England Yorkshire
RAF Acklington England Northumberland Now Her Majesty's Prison Castington
RAF Aird Uig Scotland Outer Hebrides near Aird Uig on Lewis; location on wikimapia as given on http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/a/aird_uig/index9.html; not a flying base
RAF Akeman Street England Oxfordshire
RAF Aldergrove Northern Ireland 1925–2009 Joint Helicopter Command Aldergrove - now without any permanent RAF lodger units. Incorporates Belfast International Airport.
RAF Aldermaston England Berkshire Became part of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) , now Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)
RAF All Hallows England Kent WWI Class 3 Landing Ground
RAF Alma Park England Lincolnshire Birthplace and original headquarters / training facility of the Royal Air Force Regiment
RAF Anderby Creek England Lincolnshire World War II battle training school of the RAF Regiment; at or near Anderby Creek; no visible remains on satellite images
RAF Andrews Field England Essex also known as RAF Great Saling
RAF Andover England Hampshire 1917 - 76
RAF Anstruther Scotland Fife near Anstruther; location on wikimapia as given on http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035412; not a flying base
RAF Ansty England Warwickshire
RAF Andreas Isle of Man
RAF Angle Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Anwick England Lincolnshire
RAF Appledram England West Sussex 1943 - 44 (ALG)
RAF Ash England Kent radar station formerly known as RAF Sandwich; not a flying base
RAF Ashbourne England Derbyshire
RAF Ashford England Kent 1943 - 44 ALG, near Egerton
RAF Aston Down England Gloucestershire
RAF Atcham England Shropshire
RAF Attlebridge England Norfolk
RAF Ayr Scotland Ayrshire renamed RAF Prestwick
RAF Babbacombe England Devon
RAF Babdown Farm England Gloucestershire (Relief Landing Ground - RLG)
RAF Bacton England Norfolk First World War "Landing Ground"
RAF Baginton England Warwickshire now Coventry Airport
RAF Balado Bridge Scotland Perth and Kinross
RAF Balderton England Nottinghamshire
RAF Baldonnel Republic of Ireland County Dublin (now Baldonnel Aerodrome)
RAF Ballyhalbert Northern Ireland County Down
RAF Ballykelly Northern Ireland County Londonderry
RAF Bampton Castle England Oxfordshire
RAF Banff Scotland Banffshire
RAF Bardney England Lincolnshire
RAF Barnham England Suffolk
RAF Barton Bendish England Norfolk Second World War Landing Ground
RAF Barton Hall England Lancashire
RAF Bassingbourn England Cambridgeshire
RAF Bawdsey England Suffolk once home to the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) - radar research
RAF Bawtry England Yorkshire H.Q. Bomber Command No. 1 Group
RAF Beaulieu England Hampshire 1915 - 19
1942 - 47
RAF Beccles England Suffolk
RAF Bekesbourne England Kent 1916 - 19
1940		 Became Bekesbourne Aerodrome post-WWI, closed in July 1939, Used durin May and June 1940 by 2 and 13 Squadrons.
RAF Belton Park England Lincolnshire First RAF Regiment Depot
RAF Bembridge England Isle of Wight 1915 - 20
RAF Bempton England Yorkshire briefly named RAF Flamborough Head
RAF Beachy Head England East Sussex
RAF Benbecula Scotland Inverness-shire Now RRH Benbecula, an unmanned Remote Radar Head controlled by RAF Boulmer
RAF Bentley Priory England Middlesex
RAF Bentwaters England Suffolk now Bentwaters Parks, home to Bentwaters Cold War Museum
RAF Bicester England Oxfordshire now Bicester Airfield
RAF Bickmarsh England Worcestershire
RAF Biggin Hill England Kent 1917 - 92 now Biggin Hill Airport
RAF Bibury England Gloucestershire
RAF Binbrook England Lincolnshire
RAF Birch England Essex
RAF Bircham Newton England Norfolk technical site now the Construction Industry Training Board School
RAF Bircotes England Yorkshire
RAF Bishopscourt Northern Ireland County Down
RAF Bisterne England Hampshire 1943 - 45 ALG
RAF Bitteswell England Leicestershire
RAF Blaenanerch Wales Ceredigion
RAF Blackbushe England Hampshire
RAF Blakehill Farm England Wiltshire
RAF Blakelaw England Northumberland
RAF Blankney Hall England Lincolnshire
RAF Blyton England Lincolnshire
RAF Boddington England Gloucestershire
RAF Bodney England Norfolk
RAF Bognor England West Sussex 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Bolt Head England Devon
RAF Booker England Buckinghamshire near (High Wycombe), now Wycombe Air Park
RAF Boscombe Down England Wiltshire Formerly hosted the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) and the Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS now MoD Boscombe Down site, hosting Qinetiq and remaining elements of the military research establishments.
RAF Bottesford England Leicestershire
RAF Bottisham England Cambridgeshire
RAF Boulmer England Northumberland Pronounced Boo mah and not Bul mer which is a cider.
RAF Bourn England Cambridgeshire
RAF Bovingdon England Hertfordshire
RAF Boxted England Essex
RAF Bracebridge Heath England Lincolnshire
RAF Bradwell Bay England Essex
RAF Bramcote England Warwickshire
RAF Brandy Bay England Dorsetshire
RAF Bratton England Shropshire
RAF Brawdy Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Breighton England Yorkshire
RAF Brenzett England Kent 1943-44 ALG, also known as Ivychurch
RAF Bridgnorth England Shropshire
RAF Brizlee Wood England Northumberland
RAF Broadwell England Oxfordshire
RAF Brooklands England Surrey 1916 - 1917
1935-46		 Located within Brooklands motor racing circuit.
RAF Bruntingthorpe England Leicestershire now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground
RAF Brunton England Northumberland
RAF Buckminster England Lincolnshire
RAF Bungay England Suffolk
RAF Burgh Castle England Norfolk First World War Landing Ground
RAF Burtonwood England Cheshire
RAF Burn England Yorkshire
RAF Bury St Edmunds England Suffolk
RAF Bylaugh Hall England Norfolk Second World War Landing Ground
RAF Caerau Wales Cardiff 1939 - June 1944 HQ No. 14 Balloon Unit (and HQ Cardiff Group Royal Observer Corps from 1953 to 1968). Name changed to RAF Llandaff in 1946.
RAF Caerwent Wales Monmouthshire
RAF Caistor England Lincolnshire
RAF Calshot England Hampshire 1913 - 53
RAF Calveley England Cheshire
RAF Cammeringham England Lincolnshire (previously RAF Ingham RAF Ingham)
RAF Cardington England Bedfordshire 1936- Airship station and gas production Maintenance Unit. Historic Airship hangars remain.
RAF Carew Cheriton Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Carlisle England Cumbria (formerly RAF Kingstown) - 1932 - 1996
RAF Carnaby England Yorkshire
RAF Castle Archdale Northern Ireland County Fermanagh Briefly known as RAF Loch Erne between 1941 - 1943. Sunderland flying boat base in World War II.
RAF Castle Bromwich England Warwickshire was the Castle Bromwich Aerodrome until 1958
RAF Castle Camps England Cambridgeshire
RAF Castle Combe England Wiltshire now Castle Combe Circuit
RAF Castle Donington England Leicestershire now East Midlands Airport
RAF Castletown Scotland Caithness
RAF Catfoss England Yorkshire
RAF Catterick England Yorkshire Now used by the British Army
RAF Cattewater England Devon (later RAF Mount Batten)
RAF Chailey England West Sussex 1943 - 45 ALG
RAF Chalgrove England Oxfordshire now Chalgrove Airfield
RAF Charmy Down England Somerset
RAF Chattis Hill England Hampshire 1917 - 19
RAF Chedburgh England Suffolk Near Bury st Edmonds
RAF Chedworth England Gloucestershire
RAF Chelveston England Northamptonshire
RAF Chenies England Hertfordshire
RAF Cherhill England Wiltshire RAF Chesil Bank Bombing Ranges Unit

[England] Near Weymouth, Dorset
RAF Chicksands England Bedfordshire
RAF Chigwell England Essex
RAF Chilbolton England Hampshire 1940 - 45
RAF Chilmark England Wiltshire Weapons maintenance unit
RAF Chipping Norton England Oxfordshire
RAF Chipping Ongar England Essex
RAF Chivenor England Devon Now Royal Marines Base Chivenor, the RAF now maintains only a Search and Rescue flight (22 Squadron)
RAF Christchurch England Hampshire 1940 - 45 known as Christchurch Airfield in peacetime between 1926 and 1966.
RAF Church Lawford England Warwickshire
RAF Church Stanton England Somerset (renamed RAF Culmhead)
RAF Claverdon England Warwickshire Airfield Construction plant training
RAF Cleave England Cornwall (GCHQ CSO Morwenstow)
RAF Cluntoe Northern Ireland County Tyrone near Ardboe
RAF Clyffe Pypard England Wiltshire
RAF Coleby Grange England Lincolnshire
RAF Colerne England Wiltshire
RAF Coltishall England Norfolk now "MoD Coltishall", awaiting formal disposal
RAF Compton Basset England Wiltshire
RAF Condover England Shropshire
RAF Coolham England West Sussex 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Cosford England Shropshire now Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering Cosford.
RAF Cottam England Yorkshire
RAF Cottesmore England Rutland Closed 2011
RAF Cowden England Yorkshire Bombing range
RAF Cranage England Cheshire
RAF Cranfield England Bedfordshire
RAF Cricklade England Wiltshire (radar site)
RAF Croft England Yorkshire Now Croft Circuit
RAF Croft England Cheshire Accommodation for Fleet Air Arm base HMS Gosling and later for USAF Burtonwood
RAF Crosby on Eden England Cumbria (now named Carlisle Lake District Airport)
RAF Croydon England Surrey 1916 - 20
1939 - 46		 later Croydon Airport now a retail/industrial estate
RAF Culham England Oxfordshire
RAF Dalcross Scotland Inverness-shire
RAF Dale Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Dallachy Scotland
RAF Dalton England Yorkshire
RAF Danby Beacon England Yorkshire
RAF Davidstow Moor England Cornwall
RAF Daws Hill England Buckinghamshire
RAF Deanland England East Sussex 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Debach England Suffolk
RAF Debden England Essex
RAF Deenethorpe England Northamptonshire
RAF Defford England Worcestershire
RAF Denham England Buckinghamshire
RAF Deopham Green England Norfolk
RAF Desborough England Northamptonshire
RAF Desford England Leicestershire
RAF Detling England Kent 1916 - 19
1938-59
RAF Dishforth England North Yorkshire 1936–1992 Also used by the British Army (Army Air Corps Dishforth)
RAF Docking England Norfolk
RAF Doncaster England Yorkshire formerly RFC Doncaster (1914) Royal Flying Corps
RAF Donibristle Scotland Fife
RAF Dounreay Scotland Caithness
RAF Dover England Kent 1918 -19 Airship and seaplane base
RAF Down Ampney England Gloucestershire
RAF Downham Market England Norfolk
RAF Drem Scotland East Lothian
RAF Driffield England Yorkshire
RAF Dronehill Scotland Berwickshire
RAF Dumfries Scotland Dumfries
RAF Dundonald Scotland Ayrshire
RAF Dunholme Lodge England Lincolnshire
RAF Dunkeswell England Devon
RAF Dunsfold England Surrey 1942 - 45 later BAE Systems Dunsfold, now Dunsfold Aerodrome, and Top Gear studio and race track
RAF Duxford England Cambridgeshire Now Imperial War Museum Duxford
RAF Dyce Scotland Aberdeenshire
RAF Dymchurch England Kent 1915 - 20 Balloon station, also aircraft. Site considered for WWII ALG
RAF Earls Colne England Essex now Earls Colne Airfield
RAF Eastbourne England East Sussex 1914 - 20
RAF East Fortune Scotland East Lothian
RAF East Kirkby England Lincolnshire
RAF East Moor England Yorkshire
RAF East Wretham England Norfolk
RAF Eastchurch England Kent 1912 - 47 Now HMP Standford Hill
RAF Eastleigh England Hampshire 1918 - 20 renamed RAF Southampton
RAF Edelsborough England Buckinghamshire Communications site satellite of RAF Stanbridge
RAF Edgehill England Oxfordshire now Shenington Gliding Club
RAF Edzell Scotland Angus
RAF Eglinton Northern Ireland County Londonderry now City of Derry Airport, Derry
RAF Elvington England Yorkshire
RAF Elsham Wolds England Lincolnshire
RAF Ely Wales South Glamorgan (No 14 Balloon Centre Cardiff)
RAF Hospital Ely England Cambridgeshire
RAF Elmdon England Warwickshire
RAF Enstone England Oxfordshire now Enstone Airfield
RAF Errol Scotland Perth and Kinross
RAF Eshott England Northumberland
RAF Evanton Scotland Ross and Cromarty
RAF Exeter England Devon now Exeter International Airport
RAF Eye England Suffolk
RAF Fairoaks England Surrey 1937 - 67 Now Fairoaks Airport
RAF Fairlop England Essex
RAF Fairwood Common Wales South Glamorgan now Swansea Airport
RAF Faldingworth England Lincolnshire
RAF Faraid Head Scotland Highland
RAF Farnborough England Hampshire 1911 - 96 Now Farnbrorough Airport
RAF Fauld England Staffordshire see RAF Fauld Explosion
RAF Felixstowe England Suffolk
RAF Feltwell England Norfolk
RAF Fersfield England Norfolk
RAF Filton England Gloucestershire
RAF Findo Gask Scotland Perth and Kinross
RAF Finmere England Buckinghamshire
RAF Finningley England Yorkshire now Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
RAF Firbeck England Yorkshire
RAF Fiskerton England Lincolnshire
RAF Flowerdown England Hampshire
RAF Folkestone England Kent 1915 - 18 Airship station, previously RNAS Capel-le-Ferne. Site used for a wireless station during WWII
RAF Folkingham England Lincolnshire
RAF Ford England West Sussex 1918 - 20
1937 - 40		 Became HMS Peregrine in 1940, now Ford Open Prison
RAF Foreland England Isle of Wight 1918 - 19 Seaplane base
RAF Foulsham England Norfolk
RAF Fowlmere England Cambridgeshire
RAF Framlingham England Suffolk
RAF Fraseburgh Scotland
RAF Freiston England Lincolnshire (Formerly RNAS Freiston – became an RAF station in 1918)
RAF Friston England East Sussex 1936
1940 - 45
RAF Frost Hill Farm England Hampshire 1940 - 45 ALG
RAF Fulbeck England Lincolnshire
RAF Full Sutton England Yorkshire
RAF Fullarton Scotland Ayrshire
RAF Funtingdon England West Sussex 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Gailes Scotland Ayrshire
RAF Gamston England Nottinghamshire
RAF Gatwick England Surrey 1937 - 46 now London Gatwick Airport
RAF Gaydon England Warwickshire Part of it is now home to the Heritage Motor Centre
RAF Glatton England Cambridgeshire
RAF Goldsborough England Yorkshire
RAF Gosfield

England

 Essex
RAF Gosport England Hampshire 1915 - 45 Became HMS Siskin in 1945
RAF Goxhill England Lincolnshire
RAF Grafton Underwood England Northamptonshire
RAF Grain England Kent 1916 - 24 Airship and seaplane base, also known as RAF Port Victoria
RAF Grangemouth Scotland Falkirk
RAF Gransden Lodge England Bedfordshire
RAF Grantham England Lincolnshire (renamed RAF Spitalgate) - now a Territorial Army establishment
RAF Graveley England Huntingdonshire
RAF Gravesend England Kent 1937 - 56
RAF Great Ashfield England Suffolk
RAF Great Dunmow England Essex
RAF Great Massingham England Norfolk
RAF Great Sampford England Essex
RAF Great Yarmouth England Norfolk First World War landing ground
RAF Greatham England County Durham
RAF Greencastle Northern Ireland County Down
RAF Greenham Common England Berkshire
RAF Greenland Top England Lincolnshire (Also known as RAF Stallingborough)
RAF Grimsby England Lincolnshire (aka RAF Waltham)
RAF Grimsetter Scotland Orkney
RAF Grimsthorpe Park England Lincolnshire
RAF Grove England Berkshire
RAF Guston Down England Kent 1914 - 19
RAF Hack Green England Cheshire now Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
RAF Halesworth England Suffolk
RAF Hall Caine Isle of Man
RAF Halton England Buckinghamshire
RAF Hamble England Hampshire 1931 - 78
RAF Hammerwood England East Sussex 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Hampstead Norris England Berkshire
RAF Hamworthy England Dorsetshire
RAF Handforth England Cheshire
RAF Hanworth England Surrey
RAF Hardwick England Norfolk
RAF Harlaxton England Lincolnshire
RAF Harling Road England Norfolk First World War "Landing Ground"
RAF Hartford Bridge England Hampshire 1941 - 53 Later renamed RAF Blackbushe, now Blackbushe Airport
RAF Harrington England Northamptonshire
RAF Harrowbeer England Devon
RAF Harwell England Oxfordshire
RAF Hatfield England Hertfordshire
RAF Hatston RAF Hatston Scotland Orkney
RAF Haverfordwest Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Hawarden Wales Flintshire
RAF Hawkinge England Kent 1914 - 63
RAF Headcorn England Kent 1943 - 45 (ALG)
RAF Headley Court England Surrey Now the Defence Medical Services (DMS) Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) (formerly RAF Headley Court)[1]
RAF Heathfield Scotland Ayrshire
RAF Hednesford England Staffordshire
RAF Heigham Holmes England Norfolk 1940–1944 (ALG) - used by the Lysanders of 161 Sqn for ferrying SOE agents to and from Occupied Europe
RAF Hell's Mouth Wales Gwynedd
RAF Harpswell England Lincolnshire (later renamed as RAF Hemswell)
RAF Hemswell England Lincolnshire
RAF Hendon England Middlesex
RAF Henley-on-Thames England Oxfordshire
RAF Hereford England Herefordshire aka RAF Credenhill - now occupied by the British Army
RAF Heston England Middlesex
RAF Hethel England Norfolk now owned by Lotus Cars
RAF Hibaldstow England Lincolnshire
RAF High Ercall England Shropshire
RAF High Halden England Kent 1943 - 44 (ALG)
RAF Hingham England Norfolk First World War "Landing Ground"
RAF Hinstock England Shropshire 1941–1947 Co-located with RN Fleet Air Arm station HMS Godwit. Specialised in instrument and blind landing technologies.
RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges England Northamptonshire now Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield
RAF Hixon England Staffordshire
RAF Hockley Heath England Warwickshire
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor England Yorkshire
RAF Holmsley South England Hampshire 1942 - 46
RAF Holt England Norfolk First World War "Landing Ground"
RAF Holyhead Wales Isle of Anglesey
RAF Honeybourne England Worcestershire 1941–1946
RAF Honiley England Warwickshire
RAF Hooton Park England Cheshire
RAF Hopton England Suffolk
RAF Horham England Suffolk
RAF Hornchurch England Essex
RAF Horne England Surrey 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Horsham St Faith England Norfolk airfield site now Norwich International Airport
RAF Hullavington England Wiltshire Now used by the British Army
RAF Hucknall England Nottinghamshire
RAF Hunsdon England Hertfordshire
RAF Hurn England Hampshire 1941 - 44 Now Bournemouth International Airport
RAF Husbands Bosworth England Leicestershire
RAF Hutton Cranswick England Yorkshire
RAF Hythe England Hampshire
RAF Ibsley England Hampshire 1941 - 47
RAF Immingham England Lincolnshire (Formerly RNAS Immingham – transferred to RAF in 1918)
RAF Ingham England Lincolnshire (later named RAF Cammeringham)
RAF Innsworth England Gloucestershire
RAF Inverness Scotland Inverness-shire
RAF Isle of Grain England Kent (pre-RAF) RNAS Airship station, then RAF Isle of Grain
RAF Jurby Isle of Man
RAF Jurby Head Isle of Man
RAF Keevil England Wiltshire
RAF Kelstern England Lincolnshire
RAF Kemble England Gloucestershire
RAF Kenley England Surrey 1917 - 59
RAF Kidlington England Oxfordshire now Oxford Airport
RAF Kilchiaran Scotland Isle of Islay
RAF Killadeas Northern Ireland County Fermanagh
RAF Kimbolton England Huntingdonshire
RAF Kings Cliffe England Cambridgeshire
RAF Kingsnorth England Kent 1914 - 19 WWI formerly RNAS Kingsnorth, Isle of Grain, 51° 22' 25" N 0° 36' 07" E, Airship station on the Isle of Grain. Not to be confused with RAF Isle of Grain 51° 26' 21" N 0° 42' 46" E
RAF Kingsnorth England Kent 1943 (WWII ALG) near Ashford
RAF Kirkbride England Cumbria
RAF Kirkham England Lancashire
RAF Kirkistown Northern Ireland County Down
RAF Kirknewton Scotland West Lothian
RAF Kirmington England Lincolnshire
RAF Knettishall England Suffolk
RAF Langar England Nottinghamshire
RAF Langford Lodge Northern Ireland County Antrim
RAF Langham England Norfolk
RAF Langtoft England Lincolnshire
RAF Lasham England Hampshire 1942 - 48 now Lasham Airfield
RAF Lashenden England Kent 1943 - 45 (ALG), now Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield
RAF Lavenham England Suffolk
RAF Leadenham England Lincolnshire
RAF Leconfield England Yorkshire
RAF Lee-on-Solent England Hampshire 1917 - 57 RNAS Lee-on-Solent / HMS Daedalus
RAF Leicester East England Leicestershire now Leicester Airport
RAF Leiston England Suffolk
RAF Lichfield England Staffordshire
RAF Limavady Northern Ireland County Londonderry
RAF Lindholme England Yorkshire (previously called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse)
RAF Lissett England Yorkshire
RAF Little Rissington England Gloucestershire
RAF Little Snoring England Norfolk
RAF Little Staughton England Cambridgeshire
RAF Little Walden England Essex
RAF Llanbedr Wales Gwynedd
RAF Llandaff Wales Cardiff 1946–1980 Formerly RAF Caerau
RAF Llandow Wales South Glamorgan now Llandow Circuit
RAF Llandwrog Wales Gwynedd
RAF Locking England Somerset
RAF Long Kesh Northern Ireland County Antrim
RAF Longley Lane England Lancashire
RAF Long Marston England Warwickshire
RAF Loughborough England Leicestershire
RAF Ludford Magna England Lincolnshire
RAF Ludham England Norfolk now private landing strip
RAF Lulsgate Bottom England Somerset now Bristol Airport
RAF Lydd (WWII) England Kent 1943 - 44 WWII ALG - not the current Lydd Airport
RAF Lymington England Hampshire 1942 - 44 ALG
RAF Lympne England Kent 1916 - 19
1940 - 46		 Also served as Lympne Airport between the wars and post WWII and HMS Buzzard / HMS Daedalus II from 1938–40
RAF Lyneham England Wiltshire
RAF Macmerry Scotland East Lothian
RAF Machrihanish Scotland Argyll and Bute
RAF Madley England Herefordshire
RAF Maghaberry Northern Ireland County Antrim
RAF Manby England Lincolnshire
RAF Manorbier Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Manston England Kent 1917 - 99 now Kent International Airport
RAF Marden England Kent 1917 - 19 Class 2 Airfield, near Staplehurst, housed a RAF wireless transmitter station during WW2
RAF Market Deeping England Lincolnshire
RAF Market Drayton England Shropshire (Buntingsdale Hall)
RAF Market Harborough England Leicestershire
RAF Market Stainton England Lincolnshire
RAF Marston Moor England Yorkshire originally named RAF Tockwith and sometimes incorrectly RAF Marsden Moor
RAF Martlesham Heath England Suffolk
RAF Marwell Hall England Hampshire 1941 - 45 Now the site of Marwell Zoo
RAF Matching England Essex
RAF Matlaske England Norfolk
RAF Mattishall England Norfolk First World War "Landing Ground"
RAF Maydown Northern Ireland County Londonderry
RAF Melksham England Wiltshire
RAF Melton Mowbray England Leicestershire
RAF Mendlesham England Suffolk
RAF Merston England West Sussex 1941 - 44
RAF Metheringham England Lincolnshire
RAF Methwold England Norfolk
RAF Middle Wallop England Hampshire 1940 - 45
1948 - 58		 now used by the British Army, AAC Middle Wallop
RAF Middleton St. George England County Durham
RAF Milfield England Northumberland
RAF Medmenham England Buckinghamshire
RAF Melbourne England Yorkshire
RAF Membury England Berkshire
RAF Mepal England Cambridgeshire now Mepal Airfield
RAF Merryfield England Somerset
RAF Metfeld England Suffolk
RAF Millom England Cumbria
RAF Milltown Scotland Moray
RAF Misson England Nottinghamshire
RAF Molesworth England Huntingdonshire
RAF Montford Bridge England Shropshire 1941 - 1945 Satellite station of RAF Rednal
RAF Montrose Scotland Angus
RAF Moreton-in-Marsh England Gloucestershire Now the site of the Fire Service College
RAF Mormond Hill Scotland
RAF Morpeth England Northumberland It was also known locally as Tranwell
RAF Mount Batten England Devon
RAF Mount Farm England Oxfordshire
RAF Mousehold Heath England Norfolk 1914 under RFC, became first Norwich Airport in 1933
RAF Mullaghmore Northern Ireland County Londonderry
RAF Murlough Northern Ireland County Antrim
RAF Narborough England Norfolk
RAF Needs Oar Point England Hampshire 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Netheravon England Wiltshire now occupied by the British Army as AAC Netheravon
RAF Newchurch England Kent 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Newhaven England East Sussex 1917 - 19 Seaplane base
RAF Newmarket England Suffolk
RAF New Romney England Kent 1917 - 19 (WWI) Became Littlestone Airfield post-war, used as an Emergency Landing Ground
RAF New Romney England Kent 1942 - 44 (WWII)
RAF Newton England Nottinghamshire
RAF Newtownards Northern Ireland County Down
RAF Nocton Hall England Lincolnshire Site of PMRAFNS Hospital Nocton Hall
RAF North Coates England Lincolnshire
RAF North Creake England Norfolk - 1945
RAF North Killingholme England Lincolnshire
RAF North Luffenham England Rutland
RAF North Pickenham England Norfolk
RAF North Weald England Essex now North Weald Airfield
RAF North Witham England Lincolnshire
RAF Northleach England Gloucestershire
RAF Norton England Yorkshire
RAF Norton Disney England Lincolnshire originally named RAF Swinderby (but on different site to later flying station)
RAF Nuneaton England Leicestershire
RAF Nuneham Park England Oxfordshire
RAF Nuthampstead England Hertfordshire
RAF Nutts Corner Northern Ireland County Antrim
RAF Oban Scotland Argyll and Bute
RAF Oakham England Leicestershire
RAF Oakhanger England Hampshire
RAF Oakington England Cambridgeshire
RAF Oakley England Buckinghamshire
RAF Old Buckenham England Norfolk
RAF Old Sarum England Wiltshire now Old Sarum Airfield
RAF Orby England Lincolnshire
RAF Oulton England Norfolk
RAF Ouston England Northumberland now Albermarle Barracks Royal Marines near Heddon on the Wall
RAF Oxenhope Moor England Yorkshire
RAF Padgate England Lancashire
RAF Patrington England Yorkshire
RAF Pembrey Wales Carmarthenshire
RAF Pembroke Dock Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Pengam Moors Wales South Glamorgan (aka RAF Cardiff)
RAF Penshurst England Kent 1916-19
1940-46		 Became Penshurst Airfield, in operation 1919-36, reopened during WWII
RAF Penrhos Wales Gwynedd
RAF Peplow England Shropshire 1940 = 1947 Also known for a short period as RAF Childs Ercall. Later renamed HMS Godwit as a Fleet Air Arm instrument landing school
RAF Perranporth England Cornwall
RAF Pershore England Worcestershire also known as RAF Throckmorton, became Royal Radar Establishment Pershore
RAF Pevensey England East Sussex
RAF Pitreavie Castle Scotland Fife
RAF Pocklington England Yorkshire
RAF Podington England Bedfordshire Now Santa Pod Raceway drag strip
RAF Polebrook England Northamptonshire
RAF Polegate England East Sussex 1915 -19 Airship base
RAF Portreath England Cornwall After the War part of the airfield became Chemical Defence Establishment Nancekuke (CDE Nancekuke, a Chemical weapons manufacturing facility for VX gas and Sarin gas, (closed in the 1950s). Now RRH Portreath, a remote Radar Head
RAF Portsmouth England Hampshire 1939 - 49
RAF Poulton England Cheshire
RAF Prawle Point England Devon 1917-1919 Former RNAS airfield
RAF Prestatyn Wales Denbighshire
RAF Prestwick Scotland Ayrshire
RAF Pucklechurch England Gloucestershire
RAF Pulborough England West Sussex 1940 - 45? Emergency Landing Ground
RAF Pulham England Norfolk used for the development of British airships between the wars
RAF Quedgeley England Gloucestershire
RAF Rackheath England Norfolk
RAF Ramsgate England Kent 1940 Also Ramsgate Airport, temporary requisition during the Battle of Britain, re-opened as civil airfield in 1953 and closed in 1968
RAF Ratcliffe England Leicestershire
RAF Rattlesden England Suffolk
RAF Rauceby England Lincolnshire No 4 RAF Hospital between 1940 and 1947 – became Rauceby Mental Hospital
RAF Raydon England Suffolk
RAF Rearsby England Leicestershire
RAF Redhill England Surrey 1937 - 45 now Redhill Aerodrome
RAF Rednal England Shrewsbury now Rednal Airfield
RAF Rhoose Wales South Glamorgan now Cardiff Airport
RAF Ridgewell England Essex
RAF Ringway England Cheshire now Manchester Airport
RAF Rivenhall England Essex
RAF Roborough England Devon 1938–1945 Formerly Plymouth Municipal Aerodrom
RAF Rochester England Kent 1938 - 53 1938 location of No 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School.[2]
RAF Rochford England Essex now London Southend Airport
RAF Ronaldsway Isle of Man (HMS Urley, RNAS Ronaldsway)
RAF Rudloe Manor England Somerset
RAF Rustington England West Sussex 1917 - 19
RAF Rye England Kent Chain Home radar station - misleadingly located in Brookland, Kent (place named-for, Rye, just across border in Sussex)
RAF Salmesbury England Lancashire
RAF Saltby England Leicestershire
RAF Sandtoft England Yorkshire
RAF Sandy Bay Northern Ireland County Antrim flying boat base on Lough Neagh near Ram's Island
RAF Saxa Vord Scotland Shetland
RAF Scarnish Scotland Argyll and Bute
RAF Scatsta Scotland Shetland
RAF Scorton England Yorkshire
RAF Sculthorpe England Norfolk
RAF Sealand Wales Flintshire
RAF Seaton Snook England Yorkshire
RAF Sedgeford England Norfolk
RAF Seething England Norfolk
RAF Seighford England Staffordshire
RAF Selsey England West Sussex 1943 - 45 ALG, previously Selsey Airfield
RAF Sennen England Cornwall
RAF Shawbury England Shropshire
RAF Sheerness (Air base) England Kent 1917 - 18 Emergency Landing Ground
RAF Sheerness England Kent 1917 - 19 Balloon station
RAF Shellbeach England Kent 1918 - 81 WWI Emergency Landing Ground
RAF Shellingford England Oxfordshire
RAF Shepherds Grove England Suffolk
RAF Shipdham England Norfolk
RAF Shoreham (WWI) England West Sussex (WWI) 1914 - 21
RAF Shoreham (WWII) England West Sussex 1940 - 46 Wartime requisiton of Shoreham Airport
RAF Shrewton England Wiltshire
RAF Silloth England Cumbria
RAF Silverstone England Northamptonshire now Silverstone International Motor Racing Circuit
RAF Siskin England Hampshire HMS Siskin - now HMS Sultan
RAF Skellingthorpe England Lincolnshire
RAF Skipton-on-Swale England Yorkshire
RAF Skitten Scotland
RAF Skewjack England Cornwall
RAF Sleap England Shropshire now Sleap Airfield
RAF Snailwell England Cambridgeshire
RAF Snaith England Yorkshire
RAF Snetterton Heath England Norfolk airfield now Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
RAF Snitterfield England Warwickshire
RAF Soberton England Hampshire 1940 - late 1950s Emergency Landing Ground
RAF Somerton England Isle of Wight 1916 - 19 Became civil airfield for Saunder-Roe post-war, closed 1951
RAF Sopley England Hampshire
RAF South Witham England Lincolnshire
RAF Southampton England Hampshire formerly called RAF Eastleigh
RAF Southrop England Gloucestershire
RAF South Cerney England Gloucestershire
RAF Speke England Lancashire now Liverpool John Lennon Airport
RAF Spilsby England Lincolnshire
RAF Spitalgate England Lincolnshire (sometimes incorrectly spelt RAF Spittlegate) (formerly RAF Grantham)
RAF St Angelo Northern Ireland County Fermanagh
RAF St Athan Wales Vale of Glamorgan Now known as MoD St Athan, hosted the Defence Aircraft Repair Agency (DARA)
RAF St Davids Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF St Eval England Cornwall
RAF St Mawgan England Cornwall
RAF Stafford England Staffordshire Now known as MoD Stafford, formerly hosted 16Maintenance Unit (16MU), one of several logistics centres.
RAF Stanbridge England Bedfordshire Now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
RAF Stanmore Park England Middlesex
RAF Stansted Mountfitchet England Essex now London Stansted Airport
RAF Stapleford Tawney England Essex
RAF Staplehurst England Kent 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Staverton England Gloucestershire
RAF Steeple Morden England Cambridgeshire
RAF Stenigot England Lincolnshire
RAF Stoke Orchard England Gloucestershire
RAF Stoney Cross England Hampshire 1942 - 48
RAF Stormy Down Wales South Glamorgan Bridgend
RAF Stornoway Scotland Outer Hebrides Lewis
RAF Stradishall England Suffolk
RAF Stratford England Warwickshire aka RAF Atherstone
RAF Strubby England Lincolnshire
RAF Sturgate England Lincolnshire now Sturgate Airfield
RAF Sudbury England Suffolk
RAF Sullom Voe Scotland Shetland
RAF Sumburgh Scotland Shetland
RAF Sutton Bridge England Lincolnshire
RAF Swannington England Norfolk
RAF Swanton Morley England Norfolk
RAF Swinderby England Lincolnshire
RAF Swingate Down England Kent 1914 - 19 Also known as RAF St. Margarets. WWII Chain Home station.
RAF Swingfield England Kent 1916 -18
1942 - 45		 WWII ALG
RAF Sydenham Northern Ireland County Down also known at various times as RAF Belfast, HMS Gadwell, HMS Gannet III, Belfast Harbour Airport, Belfast City Airport now George Best Belfast City Airport
RAF Syerston England Nottinghamshire
RAF Sywell England Northamptonshire
RAF Talbenny Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Tallaght Ireland Co Dublin 1918
RAF Tangmere England West Sussex 1917 - 19
1925 - 79
RAF Tarrant Rushton England Dorsetshire
RAF Tatenhill England Staffordshire (initially called RAF Crossplains) - see also Tatenhill Airfield
RAF Tealing Scotland
RAF Telscombe Cliffs England East Sussex 1916 - 19
RAF Templeton Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Tempsford England Bedfordshire
RAF Thame England Buckinghamshire
RAF Theddlethorpe England Lincolnshire (Former bombing range)
RAF Thetford England Norfolk
RAF Tholthorpe England Yorkshire
RAF Thornaby England Yorkshire
RAF Thorney Island England Hampshire 1938 - 76
RAF Thorpe Abbotts England Norfolk
RAF Throwley England Kent 1916 - 19 Allocated as a WWII Emergency Landing Ground, but not used.
RAF Thruxton England Hampshire now Thruxton Motor Racing Circuit
RAF Thurleigh England Bedfordshire 1936–1946 Converted to RAE Bedford and is now Bedford Autodrome
RAF Tibenham England Norfolk
RAF Tilstock England Shropshire
RAF Tinwald Downs Scotland
RAF Tipnor England Hampshire 1917 - 19 Balloon station
RAF Tiree Scotland
RAF Toome Northern Ireland County Antrim
RAF Towyn Wales Denbighshire
RAF Trebulzue England Cornwall Subsumed by RAF St Mawgan during WWII
RAF Treleaver England Cornwall
RAF Truleigh Hill England West Sussex
RAF Tuddenham England Suffolk
RAF Turnberry Scotland Ayrshire
RAF Turnhouse Scotland (City of Edinburgh)
RAF Twinwood Farm England Bedfordshire
RAF Tydd St Mary England Lincolnshire (Former RFC Aerodrome Tydd St Mary – Transferred to RAF in 1918)
RAF Upavon England Wiltshire now called Trenchard Lines, occupied by the British Army
RAF Upottery England Devon
RAF Upper Heyford England Oxfordshire
RAF Upwood England Cambridgeshire
RAF Usworth England County Durham
RAF Ventnor England Hampshire Isle of Wight Chain Home radar station
RAF Walmer England Kent 1918 - 19
RAF Walney Island England Lancashire
RAF Warboys England Cambridgeshire
RAF Warmwell England Dorsetshire
RAF Wartling England East Sussex
RAF Warton England Lancashire now Warton Aerodrome
RAF Watchfield England Wiltshire
RAF Waterbeach England Cambridgeshire
RAF Watnall England Nottinghamshire
RAF Wattisham England Suffolk The RAF now maintains only a Search and Rescue flight (B Flight, 22 Squadron) on this Army Air Corps airfield Army Air Corps Wattisham.
RAF Watton England Norfolk
RAF Weeton England Lancashire
RAF Warrington England Lancashire
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford England Warwickshire
RAF Wellingore England Lincolnshire
RAF Wendling England Norfolk
RAF West Drayton Middlesex
RAF West Freugh Scotland Wigtownshire Became RAE West Freugh when taken over by the Royal Aircraft Establishment, now MoD West Freugh with bombing and weapon test Ranges, also training area for maritime/landing operations.
RAF West Kirby England Merseyside training camp on the Wirral Peninsula
RAF West Malling England Kent 1917 - 18
1940 -69		 Became Maidstone Airport in 1930.
RAF West Myne England Somerset
RAF West Raynham England Norfolk
RAF Westenhanger England Kent 1944 Folkestone Racecourse
RAF Westgate England Kent 1918 - 20
RAF Westhampnett England West Sussex 1940 - 46 Emergency Landing Ground, now Chichester/Goodwood Airport
RAF Westcott England Buckinghamshire Became the Rocket Propulsion Establishment (RPE Westcott)
RAF Weston Zoyland England Somerset
RAF Wethersfield England Essex
RAF Weybourne England Norfolk
RAF Whitchurch England Somerset
RAF White Waltham England Berkshire Now White Waltham Airfield
RAF Wick Scotland Caithness
RAF Wickenby England Lincolnshire
RAF Wigsley England Lincolnshire site straddled the border between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire (satellite of RAF Swinderby)
RAF Wilmslow England Cheshire
RAF Winfield Scotland Berwickshire
RAF Windrush England Gloucestershire
RAF Winkton England Hampshire 1943 - 44 ALG
RAF Winthorpe England Nottinghamshire
RAF Wing England Buckinghamshire
RAF Winkleigh England Devon
RAF Witchford England Cambridgeshire
RAF Wombleton England Yorkshire
RAF Woodbridge England Suffolk now called "MOD Woodbridge", incorporating "Woodbridge Airfield" and "Rock Barracks", occupied by the British Army's 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault Brigade)
RAF Woodchurch England Kent 1943 ALG
RAF Woodhall Spa England Lincolnshire
RAF Woodley England Berkshire
RAF Woodvale England Lancashire
RAF Woolfox Lodge England Rutland
RAF Woolsington England Northumberland Previously called RAF Station Newcastle Now the site of Newcastle International Airport
RAF Worcester England Worcestershire
RAF Worksop England Nottinghamshire
RAF Wormingford England Essex
RAF Worth Matravers England Dorsetshire
RAF Worthy Down England Hampshire 1918 - 60
RAF Wratting Common England Cambridgeshire
RAF Wrexham Wales Wrexham
RAF Wroughton England Wiltshire now a depository of the National Museum of Science and Industry
RAF Wye England Kent 1916–1919
RAF Wymeswold England Leicestershire
RAF Yatesbury England Wiltshire
RAF Yeadon England Yorkshire now Leeds Bradford International Airport
RAF Zeals England Wiltshire

Chain Home, Chain Home Low, Chain Home Extra Low, ROTOR and tropo-scatter Stations

Notes:Some of the Chain Home Low sites were co-located with the larger Chain Home radars. Chain Home Extra Low equipment was co-located with 'Chain Home' and 'Chain Home Low' as well as at separate sites, but were of a less permanent nature, usually with mobile equipment.

ROTOR was the post war Radar interception system created from existing radar installations.[3]

NARS, the North Atlantic Radio System, was an extension of the US Distant Early Warning system tropo-scatter communications network.

ACE High provided long range communications for NATO

Station Country County Ordnance Survey National Grid Notes
RAF Aird Uig Scotland Fife ('WIU') CEW R10 ROTOR Radar Station near Anstruther, Fife.
RAF Anstruther Scotland Fife
RAF Ballymartin Northern Ireland County Down
RAF Bamburgh England Northumberland
RAF Bard Hill, England Norfolk near Holt
RAF Barnton Quarry England
RAF Bawburgh England near Norwich
RAF Bawdsey[4] England Suffolk CH, CHEL, ('PKD') R3 GCI ROTOR Radar Station
RAF Beachy Head[5] England Sussex
RAF Beer Head, England Devon
RAF Bembridge England Isle of Wight
RAF Bempton England Yorkshire near Bridlington, formerly RAF Flamborough Head - later developed as a ROTOR station
RAF Ben Hough Northern Ireland near Tiree
RAF Bexhill England Sussex
RAF Binbrook England (UBIZ) – NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter LOS microwave terminal
RAF Blackhead Northern Ireland County Antrim
RAF Blackpool Tower England Lancashire (SD306357) Blackpool - AMES No. 64
RAF Bolt Tail England Devon
RAF Boniface Down England Isle of Wight
RAF Botley Hill Farm England NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site
RAF Boulmer England ( GCI R3 ROTOR Radar Station & Control and Reporting Centre in the UK Air Surveillance and Control System)
RAF Branscombe England Devon (SY1988)
RAF Brenish[6] Scotland Western Isles (NA9910024250)
RAF Bride[7] Isle of Man (NX4604)
RAF Brizlee Wood England Northumberland (UBOZ) - NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site
RAF Broadbay Scotland Western Isles (NB5314034470)
RAF Buchan Scotland (former ROTOR R3 GCI Radar Station 'GBU')
RAF Canewdon England Essex (TQ9094)
RAF Carsaig Scotland Isle of Mull
RAF Cape Greco Cyprus NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site
RAF Castell Mawr Wales (SN5369)
RAF Chenies ('HAM' R8 GCI ROTOR Station)
RAF Crosslaw ( CHEL R2 ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Cleadon England County Durham
RAF Clett Scotland Shetland Islands
RAF Cockburnspath Scotland Borders
RAF Cocklaw Scotland Aberdeenshire near Peterhead
RAF Cold Hesledon
RAF Coldblow Lane England NATO Ace High Tropospheric scatter site
RAF Collafirth Hill Scotland Shetland LOS (line of sight) microwave site for NATO ACE High.
RAF Crannoch Hill Scotland Banffshire
RAF Craster England Northumberland
RAF Creignish Isle of Man
RAF Cresswell England Northumberland
RAF Cromarty Scotland Ross and Cromarty
RAF Crustan Scotland Orkney Islands
RAF Dalby[8] Isle of Man Ceredigion (SC2178) Near Llanrhystud, AMES No. 67
RAF Danby Beacon England North Yorkshire near Lealholm
RAF Darsham England Suffolk (TM411720) High Street, Saxmundham IP17 3QD
RAF Deerness Scotland Orkney Islands
RAF Doonies Hill Scotland Aberdeen near Gregness
RAF Douglas Wood Scotland Angus (NO4862041515) near Monikie
RAF Dover[9] England Kent (TR335429)
RAF Downderry England Cornwall
RAF Downhill Northern Ireland County Londonderry
RAF Drone Hill: , Scotland Borders (NT8447066535) Near Coldingham
RAF Drytree England Cornwall (SW723218) Goonhilly Downs
RAF Dunderhole Point England Cornwall near Tintagel
RAF Dunkirk[10] England Kent (TR076595)
RAF Dunnet Head Scotland Caithness near Thurso
RAF Dunwich[11] England Suffolk
RAF Easington England Yorkshire near Easington
RAF Eorodale Scotland Isle of Lewis
RAF Fair Isle Scotland
RAF Fairlight[12] England Sussex ('9' R2 CHEL ROTOR Station)
RAF Faraid Head Scotland (RAI R10 CEW Rotor Radar Station)
RAF Folly England Pembrokeshire (SM858195) near Nolton
RAF Foreness Point[13] England Kent
RAF Formby England Lancashire
RAF Gailes (R8 GCI ('FUL') Rotor Radar Station)
RAF Glenarm Northern Ireland County Antrim
RAF Goldsborough England Yorkshire near Whitby - (('JEX') R2 CHEL ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Great Bromley England Essex (TM104265)
RAF Great Orme Wales Wales near Llandudno
RAF Greian Head Scotland Isle of Barra
RAF Greystone Northern Ireland County Down AMES No. 61
RAF Grutness Scotland Shetland Islands near Sumburgh
RAF Hack Green England Cheshire
RAF Happisburgh England Norfolk
RAF Hartland Point, England Devon
RAF Hawcoat England Lancashire near Barrow in Furness
RAF Hawks Tor England Devon near Plymouth
RAF Hayscastle Cross Wales Pembrokeshire (SM920256)
RAF Highdown Hill England Sussex near Angmering
RAF Hillhead Scotland Aberdeenshire (NJ9430061700) near Memsie
RAF Holmpton England
RAF Hope Cove, England Devon
RAF Hopton England Norfolk ( CHEL(B) R2 ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Humberstone, England Lincolnshire
RAF Hythe England Kent
RAF Ingoldmells England Lincolnshire
RAF Inverbervie Scotland (CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Islivig Scotland Isle of Lewis
RAF Jacka, England Cornwall near Portloe
RAF Kelvedon Hatch England Essex
RAF Kendrom, Scotland Isle of Skye near Kilmaluag
RAF Kete Wales Pembrokeshire near Dale
RAF Kilchiaran Scotland Isle of Islay
RAF Kilkeel Northern Ireland County Down AMES No. 78
RAF Kilkenneth[14] Scotland Argyll and Bute (NL9408045570) near Tiree
RAF Kingswear England Devon
RAF Kinley Hill England County Durham near Seaham
RAF Langley Lane England lancashire near Goosnargh - ROC Group HQ No 21, UKWMO National War HQ & Rotor SOC. Langley Lane Sector Operation Centre & Filter Room
RAF Langtoft (('LAT'): R6 GCI ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Loth[15][16] Scotland Sutherland (NC9590009600) near Helmsdale
RAF Mark's Castle England Cornwall near Land's End
RAF Minehead England Somerset
RAF Mormond HIll Scotland (UMOZ) - LOS microwave TxRx site for NATO ACE High
RAF Mossy Bottom England West Sussex near Shoreham
RAF Mossy Hill –, Scotland Shetland NATO Ace High Tropo-scatter site
RAF Navidale Scotland Sutherland near Helmsdale
RAF Needles England Isle of Wight
RAF Nefyn[17][18] Wales Gwynedd (SH2704037575) AMES No. 66
RAF Netherbutton[19][20] Scotland Orkney (HY4621104396) near Holm
RAF Newchurch England Kent (TR0531)
RAF North Cairn Scotland Dumfries (NW97107074) Near Stranraer - AMES No. 60
RAF North Foreland England Kent
RAF Northam, Devon England Devon (SS4529)
RAF Noss Hil: Scotland Shetland Islands (HU3613015575)
RAF Ottercops Moss England Northumberland (NY944896) near [[Otterburn, Northumberland]]
RAF Oxwich Wales South Glamorgan near Swansea
RAF Pen Oliver England Cornwall near The Lizard
RAF Pen y Bryn Wales Caernarfonshire
RAF Pevensey England East Sussex (TQ644073)
RAF Pitreavie Castle Rescue co-ordination centre
RAF Point of Stoer Scotland Sutherland
RAF Poling[21] England West Sussex (TQ043052) CH, CHEL
RAF Port Mor[22] Scotland Argyll and Bute (NL9442) Tiree
RAF Portland England (CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station ('NIB'): 815 Signals Unit)
RAF Prestatyn Wales Denbighshire (('SYP') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Rame Head England Cornwall
RAF Ramsgate England Kent
RAF Ravenscar England North Yorkshire]]
RAF Rhuddlan Wales Denbighshire (SJ012764) AMES No. 65
RAF Ringstead England Dorsetshire (SY751817) near Ringstead Bay
RAF Roddans Port Northern Ireland County Down
RAF Rodel Park Scotland Western Isles near Rodel, Harris
RAF Rosehearty Scotland Aberdeenshire
RAF Rye: England East Sussex (TQ968232)
RAF St. Lawrence[23] England Isle of Wight (SZ530760)
RAF Saligo Bay Scotland Argyll and Bute (NR2116066740) Islay
RAF Sandwich England Kent near Ash
RAF Sango[24] Scotland Sutherland (NC4170067500) near Durness
RAF Saxa Vord Scotland Shetland Islands near Unst - (R10 CEW Rotor Radar Station)
RAF Scarinish Scotland (('FLY') GCI R8 ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Scarlett[25] Isle of Man (SC2566)
RAF Schoolhill[26] Scotland Aberdeenshire (NO9086098180) near Porthlethen
RAF Seaton Snook England (('DYR') GCI R3 ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Sennen England Cornwall (SW376246)
RAF Skaw Scotland Shetland Islands (HP6634016805) near Unst
RAF Southbourne England Dorsetshire (SZ1591)
RAF Shipton England Yorkshire (ROTOR R4 SOC & SRHQ 21 / RGHQ 2.1)
RAF Shotton England County Durham
RAF Skendleby England Lincolnshire (later underground ROTOR site)
RAF Snaefell Isle of Man (R11 ROTOR Station)
RAF Sopley England (('AVO') 'R3' GCI ROTOR Station)
RAF South Ronaldsay Scotland Orkney
RAF South Stack Wales Anglesey
RAF St.Anne's England near Blackpool
RAF St.Margaret's England Kent
RAF St Bee's Head Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF St Cyrus Scotland Aberdeenshire
RAF St. Twynnells Wales Pembrokeshire (('TWY') GCI R6 ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Staxton Wold England Yorkshire
RAF Stenigot England Lincolnshire near Louth, Lincolnshire - (Chain Home (CH) and ACE High tropo-scatter), still in use for training aerial erectors.
RAF Stoke Holy Cross England Norfolk (TG257028)
RAF Strumble head Wales Pembrokeshire
RAF Swansea Bay Wales Glamorgan
RAF Swingate England Kent near Dover
RAF Tannach Scotland Caithness (ND3200046900) Wick
RAF The Law Scotland Angus near Carnoustie
RAF Trelanvean England Cornwall (SW762193) Goonhilly Downs
RAF Treleaver (ROTOR: GCI Station)
RAF Trerew England Cornwall (SW812585) Newquay - (CH WW2 & ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Trevose Head England Cornwall
RAF Trewan Sands (R8 GCI Rotor Radar Station)
RAF Trimingham England (('QLE') CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Truleigh Hill[27] England West Sussex near Bramber
RAF Ulbster Scotland Caithness near Wick
RAF Uxbridge England NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site
RAF Ventnor[28] England Isle of Wight
RAF Walton on Naze England Essex
RAF Warden Point England Kent Isle of Sheppey
RAF Wartling England (('ZUN') R3 GCI ROTOR Radar Station)
RAF Watsness Scotland Shetland near Walls
RAF Warren Wales Pembrokeshire (SR9397)
RAF West Beckham England Norfolk
RAF West Drayton London
RAF West Prawle England Devon (SX771374)
RAF Westburn, Scotland Aberdeenshire
RAF Westcliff England Dorsetshire near Portland
RAF West Myne England (R11 CHEL Rotor Radar Station)
RAF Whale Head Scotland Orkney Islands (HY7590546125) Sanday
RAF Whitehawk England East Sussex near Brighton
RAF Whitstable England Kent
RAF Wick Scotland ( R8 GCI Rotor Radar Station)
RAF Worth Matravers England Dorsetshire (SY967777) near Swanage
RAF Wylfa Wales Isle of Anglesey (SH3522093385) AMES No. 76

Former Overseas RAF Stations

Station Country Notes
RAF Saint Inglevert France First World War airfield at Saint-Inglevert, Pas-de-Calais. A later civil airfield on a different site was used during the early part of the Second World War.
RAF Basra Iraq At Basra International Airport
RAF Nordhorn Germany Bombing Range
RAF Khormaksar Aden Protectorate Now Aden International Airport
RAF Steamer Point Aden Protectorate
RAF Hospital Steamer Point Aden Protectorate
RAF Hospital Khormaksar Beach Aden Protectorate
RAF Kandahar Afghanistan Main operating base in Afghanistan for the RAF
RAF Maison Blanche Algeria
RAF Lagens Azores
RAF Muharraq Bahrain
RAF Ursel Belgium
RAF Ladyville Belize Headquarters at Airport Camp, Ladyville
RAF Darrell's Island Bermuda Royal Air Force, Bermuda, 1939–1945
RAF ATC/USAAF Fort Bell Bermuda
RAF Labuan British North Borneo Now Labuan Airport
RAF Tawau British North Borneo Now Tawau Airport
RAF Kuching British North Borneo Now Kuching International Airport
RAF Hmawbi Burma
RAF Meiktilla Burma
RAF Mingaladon Burma
RAF Pegu Burma
RAFU Goose Bay Canada (1941–2005) now CFB Goose Bay
RAF Colombo Ceylon (1941–1946) - now SLAF Ratmalana
Colombo Racecourse Airstrip Ceylon
RAF Ekala Ceylon
RAF Gangodawila Ceylon
RAF Kandy Ceylon (1941–1946)
RAF Kankesanturai Ceylon (1941–1945) now SLAF Palaly
RAF Koggala Ceylon (1940–1947) now SLAF Koggala
RAF Minneriya Ceylon (1942–1945) now SLAF Hingurakgoda[29]
RAF Negombo Ceylon (1946–1957) - now the Bandaranaike International Airport & SLAF Katunayake
RAF Sigiriya Ceylon ] (1942–1945) - now SLAF Sigiriya
RAF China Bay Ceylon (1930–1957) - now SLAF China Bay[30]
RAF Vavuniya Ceylon (1942–1945) - now SLAF Vavuniya
RAF Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands
RAF Cape Greco Cyprus ACE High tropo-scatter site
RAF Nicosia Cyprus 1930s-1966 still owned by the Ministry of Defence but used by the UN
RAF Abu Sueir Egypt
RAF Abu Sultan Egypt
RAF Almaza Egypt
RAF Amriya Egypt
RAF Cairo West Egypt
RAF Deversoir Egypt
RAF El Ballah Egypt (also recorded as RAF Ballah)
RAF El Hamra Egypt
RAF Fayid Egypt
RAF Gianaclis Egypt
RAF Heliopolis Egypt
RAF Helwan Egypt
RAF Ismailia Egypt
RAF Kabrit Egypt (Canal Zone) -1954
RAF Kasfareet Egypt
RAF Shallufa Egypt
RAF Stanley Falkland Islands
RAF Kellys Garden Falkland Islands
RAF Navy Point Falkland Islands
RAF Vaagar Faroe Islands
RAF Istres France During the Great War (1914-1918), and for a short period afterwards, there were at least 250 recognised airfields in France that the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, and Royal Air Force used at various times.[31]
RAF Ahlhorn Germany
RAF Blankenese Germany
RAF Bruggen Germany Now a British Army Garrison, called "Elmpt Station, Javelin Barracks"
RAF Bückeburg Germany
RAF Butzweilerhof Germany
RAF Celle Germany
RAF Fassberg Germany
RAF Fuhlsbüttel Germany
RAF Gatow Germany
RAF Geilenkirchen Germany
RAF Goch Germany
RAF Gütersloh Germany now a British Army Garrison, called "Princess Royal Barracks, Gütersloh", (AAC Gütersloh)
RAF Hambühren Germany
RAF Hehn Germany
RAF Hustedt Germany
RAF Husum Germany A remote radar station on the coast near Husum, Schleswig-Holstein - initially designated "B.172 Husum"
RAF Jever Germany
RAF Laarbruch Germany now in civilian use, under the name Weeze (or Niederrhein) Airport (NRN/EDLV)
RAF Lübeck Germany Initially designated "B.158 Lübeck"
RAF Lüneberg Germany
RAF Oldenburg Germany
RAF Plantlünne Germany
RAF Rheindahlen Germany now occupied by the British Army, as HQ United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) (HQ UKSC(G))
RAF Schleswigland Germany Initially designated "B.164 Schleswigland"
RAF Sundern Germany
RAF Sylt Germany
RAF Uetersen Germany
RAF Wahn Germany
RAF Hospital Wegberg Germany now occupied by the British Army, as HQ British Forces Germany Health Service (BFGHS)
RAF Wildenrath Germany
RAF Winterberg Germany
RAF Wunstorf Germany
RAF Takoradi Gold Coast The Gold Coast became the independent country of Ghana in 1957
RAF Kai Tak Hong Kong (1927-1978) by RAF; transferred to Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 1978-1993 and Government Flying Services 1993-1998; now being redeveloped as cruise ship terminal and other uses
RAF Sek Kong Hong Kong (1950-1980s and 1992-1997 by RAF; now home to People's Liberation Army Air Force helicopter squadron (PLAAF Helicopter Regiment 39968) 1997-present
RAF Shatin Hong Kong 1949-1970s by RAF and Army Air Corps (United Kingdom (1950s-1960s); redeveloped as residential housing
RAF Siu Sai Wan Hong Kong 1947-1980s by RAF and allies (Australia, Canada, New Zealand) for intelligence gathering from China; demolished and now residential development[32]
RAF Tai Mo Shan Hong Kong (Project Cabbage Leaf) - ex RAF and current Hong Kong Observatory weather radar station
RAF Kaldadarnes Iceland
RAF Reykjavík Iceland
RAF Chittagong British Indian Empire
RAF Comilla British Indian Empire
RAF Cox's Bazaar British Indian Empire
RAF Agra British Indian Empire now Agra Air Force Station
RAF Alipore British Indian Empire
RAF Allahabad British Indian Empire now Bamrauli Air Force Station
RAF Amarda Road British Indian Empire
RAF Ambala British Indian Empire now Ambala Air Force Station
RAF Agartala British Indian Empire now Agartala Air Force Station
RAF Arkonam British Indian Empire
RAF Asansol British Indian Empire
RAF Bangalore British Indian Empire (aka RAF Yelahanka) - now Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bangalore, Karnataka
RAF Barrackpore British Indian Empire now Barrackpore Air Force Station
RAF Bhopal British Indian Empire
RAF Car Nicobar British Indian Empire now Car Nicobar Air Force Station
RAF Chakeri British Indian Empire now Chakeri Air Force Station
RAF Cholovaram British Indian Empire
RAF Delhi British Indian Empire
RAF Dhubalia British Indian Empire
RAF Digri British Indian Empire
RAF Dum Dum British Indian Empire Now Dum Dum Air Force Station
RAF Hakimpet British Indian Empire Now Hakimpet Air Force Station
RAF Imphal British Indian Empire
RAF Jessore British Indian Empire
RAF Jodhpur British Indian Empire Now Jodhpur Air Force Station
RAF Kalyan British Indian Empire
RAF Kanchrapara British Indian Empire
RAF Kohat British Indian Empire
RAF Kolar British Indian Empire
RAF Lahore British Indian Empire
RAF Maharajpur British Indian Empire now Maharajpur Air Force Station
RAF Palam British Indian Empire
RAF Poona British Indian Empire now Pune-Lohegaon Air Force Station, Maharashtra
RAF Ranchi British Indian Empire
RAF Santacruz British Indian Empire now Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
RAF Secunderbad British Indian Empire
RAF Srinagar British Indian Empire now Srinagar Air Force Station
RAF Tambaram British Indian Empire now Tambaram Air Force Station
RAF Vizagapatam British Indian Empire
RAF Chaklala British Indian Empire now Benazir Bhutto International Airport and Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala
RAF Jiwani British Indian Empire Now Jiwani Airport
RAF Karachi British Indian Empire Now Pakistan Air Force Base Faisal
RAF Mauripur British Indian Empire (used after partition by RAF) - now Pakistan Air Force Base Masroor
RAF Peshawar British Indian Empire Now Pakistan Air Force Base Peshawar
RAF Quetta British Indian Empire Now Pakistan Air Force Base Samungli
RAF Risalpur British Indian Empire Now PAF Base Risalpur/Pakistan Air Force Academy
RAF Sargodha British Indian Empire Now Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf
RAF Basrah Iraq
RAF Dhibban Iraq (renamed RAF Habbaniya in 1938)
RAF Habbaniya Iraq (renamed from RAF Dhibban in 1938)
RAF Hinaidi Iraq
RAF Shaibah Iraq
RAF H2 Iraq (used as a relief landing ground during the 1920s to 1940s by 84 Squadron. Near Jordanian border)
RAF H3 Iraq (used as a relief landing ground during the 1920s to 1940s by 84 Squadron. Near Jordanian border)
RAF Brindisi Italy
RAF Cagliari Italy (Sardinia)
RAF Decimomannu Italy (Sardinia)
RAF El Mas Italy (Sardinia)
RAF Iwakuni Japan
RAF Zerqa Jordan became Dawson's Field (Dawson's Field hijackings)
RAF Mafraq Jordan
RAF Eastleigh Kenya
RAF Kisumu Kenya
RAF Mombasa Kenya
RAF Nairobi Kenya
RAF Thika Kenya
RAF Benina Libya
RAF Castel Benito Libya later RAF Idris now Tripoli International Airport
RAF Derna Libya
RAF El Adem Libya
RAF Butterworth British Malaya to 1957, thereafter RAAF Butterworth
RAF Kota Bharu British Malaya - now Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
RAF Kuala Lumpur British Malaya
RAF Kuantan British Malaya
RAF Gan Maldives now Gan International Airport
RAF Hithadhoo Maldives (domestic site for RAF Gan)
RAF Hal Far Malta
RAF Kalafrana Malta
RAF Luqa Malta t1o 979, now the site of Malta International Airport
RAF Safi Malta
RAF Siggiewi Malta Home of No 840 Signals Unit
RAF Ta Kali Malta (Ta' Qali)
RAF Eindhoven Netherlands (B.78) now Eindhoven Airport
RAF Woensdrecht Netherlands (B.79) now Woensdrecht Airbase
RAF Schijndel Netherlands (B.85)
RAF Twente Netherlands (B.106) now Enschede Airport Twente
RAF Volkel Netherlands (B.80) now Volkel Air Base
RAF Kano Nigeria Nigeria gained independence in 1960 - now Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
RAF Ikeja Nigeria
RAF Maiduguri Nigeria
RAF Masirah Oman
RAF Salalah Oman
RAF Aqir now Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base
RAF Ein Shemer now Ein Shemer Airfield
RAF Gaza
RAF Haifa now Haifa Airport
RAF Lydda now Ben Gurion International Airport
RAF Petah Tiqva now Kfar Sirkin Airfield
RAF Qastina Now Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base
RAF Ramat David now Ramat David Israeli Air Force Base
RAF Ramleh
RAF Amoy Quee Singapore
RAF Changi Singapore Now Changi Air Base and Singapore Changi Airport
RAF Chia Keng Singapore A GCHQ radio receiving station and a satellite station (closed down in 1971) affiliated to RAF Changi
RAF Gombak Singapore An RAF radar station affiliated to RAF Tengah
RAF Jurong Singapore A GCHQ radio receiving station and a satellite station (closed down in 1971) affiliated to RAF Tengah
RAF Kallang Singapore Old Kallang Airport (closed down in 1955)
RAF Seletar Singapore Now Seletar Airport
RAF Sembawang Singapore Now Sembawang Air Base, also known as HMS Simbang in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm service
RAF Tengah Singapore Now Tengah Air Base
RAF Khartoum Sudan
RAF Summit Sudan
RAF Amman Transjordan The Transjordan was a British mandate territory until 1946 when it became the kingdom of Jordan. Now Marka International Airport
RAF Mafraq Transjordan The Transjordan was a British mandate territory until 1946 when it became the kingdom of Jordan.
RAF Sharjah United Arab Emirates

Former Overseas Royal Flying Corps (WWI)/ British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (WWII) airfields

Station Country Notes
Long Branch Aerodrome - Mississauga, Ontario Canada World War I training airfield 1917-1919; industrial land now a vacant brownfield
Leaside Aerodrome - Toronto Canada World War I training airfield 1918-1919; later used by Toronto Flying Club and now industrial area
Armour Heights Field - Toronto Canada World War I training airfield 1917-1919; now residential neighbourhood
Malton Airport - Mississauga Canada World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility (No. 1 Elementary Service Flying School) 1940-1942; now Toronto-Pearson International Airport
Mount Hope Airport - Hamilton, Ontario Canada World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility (No.10 Elementary Flying Training School and No.33 Air Navigation School) 1940-1945; now Hamilton International Airport

References

  1. ^ Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service - Headley Court
  2. ^ http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations_London.htm
  3. ^ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/index.shtml
  4. ^ Sub Brit – Bawdsey
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Pictures of Brenish
  7. ^ Sub Brit – Bride
  8. ^ Sub Brit - Dalby
  9. ^ http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1350388
  10. ^ Sub Brit – Dunkirk
  11. ^ [2]
  12. ^ [3]
  13. ^ [4]
  14. ^ Pictures of Kilkenneh
  15. ^ Pictures of Loth
  16. ^ Helmsdale site
  17. ^ Pictures of Nefyn
  18. ^ Nefyn
  19. ^ Sub Brit - Netherbutton
  20. ^ "Raf Netherbutton, Chain Home Radar Station" Scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  21. ^ [5]
  22. ^ Pictures of Port Mor
  23. ^ Sub Brit - St Lawrence
  24. ^ Pictures of Sango
  25. ^ Sub Brit – Scarlett
  26. ^ Sub Brit - Schoolhill
  27. ^ [6]
  28. ^ Sub Brit – Ventnor
  29. ^ HISTORY OF SLAF BASE HINGURAKGODA
  30. ^ HISTORY OF AIR FORCE BASE CHINA BAY
  31. ^ Jefford, C.G., "RAF Squadrons" pp218-221
  32. ^ http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Siu_Sai_Wan