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MOD Boscombe Down

airbase and former Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England, UK; used for military aircraft and weapons testing, development, and evaluation
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Summary

MOD Boscombe Down is a Royal Air Force station[1]. It draws 746 Wikipedia views per month (royal air force station category, ranking #192 of 149).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wiltshire[3], England[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Instance of: air base[6]
  • Operator: Royal Air Force[7], QinetiQ[8]
  • ICAO airport code: EGDM[9]
  • Location: Amesbury[10]
  • Postal code: SP4 0JE[11]
  • Commons category: RAF Boscombe Down[12]
  • Occupant: QinetiQ[13]
  • Inception: January 1, 1917[14]
  • Official website: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/mod-boscombe-down/[15]
  • Described by source: Subterranea Britannica[16]
  • Date of official opening: 1930[17]
  • Elevation above sea level: 407 feet[18]
  • Historic county: Wiltshire[19]

Why It Matters

MOD Boscombe Down has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

England United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Wiltshire, England
    Operator → Royal Air Force, QinetiQ
    Wikidata description → airbase and former Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England, UK; used for m
    Location → Amesbury
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Occupant: QinetiQ"
  2. 18d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'ms', 'no', 'sv', 'tg']
    Instance of → Royal Air Force station, air base
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: air base"
  3. 27d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.152222222222, 'lon': -1.7475}
    Inception → —
    Country → United Kingdom
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+407'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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