RAF Chicksands
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Royal Air Force Chicksands or more simply RAF Chicksands, was a Royal Air Force station located 7.7 miles (12.4 km) south east of Bedford, Bedfordshire and 11.6 miles (18.7 km) north east of Luton, Bedfordshire. It closed in 1997 when responsibility for the camp was taken over by the British Army Intelligence Corps. Near the town of Shefford it is named after Chicksands Priory, a 12th-century Gilbertine monastery located within the perimeter of the camp.Now the location of the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC), it is now named MOD Chicksands.
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N 52.041388888889 ° | E -0.35861111111111 ° |
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Templer Way
Templer Way
SG17 5XT , Campton and Chicksands
England, United Kingdom
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