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Dist:0.3km<br/>This church was built in 1832.
©Robert Edwards
Dist:0.9km<br/>This country road leads to Workhouse Hill.
©Robert Edwards
Dist:1.0km<br/>The northern tip of RAF Boxted can be seen at the bottom of the photo. Click on this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Boxted to go to the wikipedia article about RAF Boxted.
©Thomas Nugent
Dist:1.1km southeast<br/>This shows what appears to be part of a dispersal and the remains of the perimeter track of the former Boxted airfield in the parish of Langham north of Colchester. Using the normal naming convention this would have been Langham Airfield but there was already an RAF station of that name in Norfolk. The station was operational from May 1943 until November 1947. Various USAAF fighter and bomber groups operated from here. When the field was finally stood down the RAF fighter command were operating Meteor jets from the base. You can see the remains of the main runway at [[251911]], there is a memorial at [[252033]]. To go to the next field in an alphabetical tour of Essex WW2 airfields click on [[242171]]. Much information was gleaned from Graham Smith’s book “Essex Airfields In The Second World War”. http://www.countrysidebooks.co.uk/book-catalogue-category.php?category=44
©Glyn Baker
Dist:1.1km south<br/>
©Robert Edwards
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>
©Robert Edwards
Dist:1.1km north<br/>The road in the picture is called Cooks Hill, and it leads to Church Street.
©Robert Edwards
Dist:1.4km northwest<br/>
©Robert Edwards
Dist:1.4km east<br/>The dedication inscription on [[252033]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:1.4km east<br/>This memorial stands just outside [[251896]], part of the monument consists of three runway lights, The dedication is shown at [[252042]]. In the background you can see what remains of [[251911]].
©Glyn Baker
Dist:1.4km east<br/>This is now the only remaining pub in Langham. It stands on the corner of Moor Road and High Street and was built in 1928.
©Robert Edwards
Dist:1.6km southeast<br/>This is the remains of the main runway of [[251896]]. Until recently this was in an orchard. A new grass landing strip has been laid out along the line of the original. For more info see http://www.boxted-airfield.com/
©Glyn Baker
Dist:1.6km southwest<br/>
©Robert Edwards
Dist:1.7km north<br/>Probably not advisable to press too hard on the accelerator when leaving Boxted on this steep narrow lane!
©Paul Armstrong
Dist:1.7km west-northwest<br/>The Essex Way follows this track ahead, which is also the public way in to Carter's Vineyard.
©Trevor Harris

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