Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England

E19447
Royal Air Force station former monastic house historic house village

Chicksands in Bedfordshire, England is a village best known for its historic military base and intelligence-gathering facilities used by the British Army and allied forces.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
RAF Chicksands 0
Chicksands Priory 0
Chicksands 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
former monastic house ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
village ⓘ
administrativeDistrict Central Bedfordshire Council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chicksands Priory Station ⓘ
category Military history of Bedfordshire ⓘ
Royal Air Force stations in Bedfordshire ⓘ
Villages in Bedfordshire ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Bedfordshire ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy Central Bedfordshire Council ⓘ
hasLandUse military area ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
hasPart Chicksands Priory ⓘ
RAF Chicksands ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade I listed building ⓘ
historicCounty Bedfordshire ⓘ
knownFor intelligence-gathering facilities ⓘ
military base ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Bedfordshire ⓘ
Bedfordshire ⓘ
surface form: Central Bedfordshire

Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England self-linksurface differs ⓘ
near Bedford ⓘ
Shefford, Bedfordshire ⓘ
notableFeature large FLR-9 Wullenweber antenna array ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force signals intelligence network ⓘ
United Kingdom military intelligence infrastructure ⓘ
United States Air Force Security Service network ⓘ
postalCounty Bedfordshire ⓘ
region East of England ⓘ
timeZone BST ⓘ
GMT ⓘ
usedBy British Army ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
allied forces ⓘ
usedFor intelligence-gathering ⓘ
listening station ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intelligence Corps → garrison → Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicksands
Intelligence Corps → headquartersLocation → Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ
Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England → locatedIn → Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicksands Priory
Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England → locatedIn → Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Chicksands
Intelligence Corps → trainingLocation → Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicksands