An important RAF base during the First and Second World Wars, RAF Yatesbury now stands silent in the fields outside Cherhill in Wiltshire, on the edge of the North Wessex Downs AONB. The remaining buildings are Grade II-listed and the land has been returned to agriculture. As a byway goes right past the site, you can get quite a good view of several of the site's aging buildings.

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Location: Cherhill, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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