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List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds

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A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass runways which is designed throughout to be hidden from aerial observation by blending into forests and other natural features to hide the presence of aircraft and associated buildings. The landing grounds were mainly used by RAF Maintenance Units (MU) which used the areas to disperse aircraft to reduce the likelihood of attacks from the air. Some improvements and upgrades to aircraft were performed at these sites but overall it was kept to a minimum. Some support buildings came about by using requisitioned buildings on the land.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

A satellite station is not the same as a Satellite Landing Ground.

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Satellite Landing Grounds

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NumberNameLocationCountyDates when used as a SLGUnits
No. 1 SLGRAF Slade Farm{{Coord|51|53|48|N|001|15|46|W}}Oxfordshire1 December 1940–10 January 1946Used by No. 39 MU RAF Colerne
No. 2 SLGRAF Starveall Farm{{Coord|51|51|18|N|001|20|42|W}}Oxfordshire14 June 1941–29 September 1945.Satellite to No. 39 MU RAF Colerne
No. 3 SLGRAF Middle Farm{{Coord|52|00|01|N|001|05|00|W}}Oxfordshire1 April 1941–10 January 1946Used by 8 MU RAF Little Rissington
No. 4 SLGRAF Rudbaxton{{Coord|51|53|00|N|004|56|00|W}}Pembrokeshire1941–1943Used by 38 MU{{cite web|url=http://www.cambria.org.uk/projects/military20thc.pdf |title=Twentieth Century Military Sites: Airfields |publisher=Cambria.org|access-date=30 November 2012}}
No. 5 SLGRAF Berrow{{Coord|52|00|15|N|002|16|45|W}}Worcestershire1941–1945No. 5 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Kemble between March 1941 and late 1941.
No. 20 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Aston Down between 1941 and August 1942.
No. 6 SLGRAF St Brides{{Coord|51|26|00|N|003|35|00|W}}Glamorgan1941–September 1945No. 19 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF St Athan between 15 December 1940 and July 1945.
No. 7 SLGRAF Chepstow{{Coord|51|39|13|N|002|41|19|W}}Monmouthshire3 May 1941–December 1944No. 19 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF St Athan from 13 May 1941 and 21 February 1942.
No. 38 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Llandow from 21 February 1942.{{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/407791/details/CHEPSTOW+RACECOURSE%3B+7+SATELITE+LANDING+GROUND/ |title=Chepstow Racecourse |publisher=RCHMW|access-date=30 November 2012}}
No. 8 SLGRAF Hutton in the Forest{{Coord|54|34|00|N|002|49|00|W}}CumberlandJune 1941–August 1945No. 22 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Silloth
No. 9 SLGRAF Hornby Hall{{Coord|54|39|25|N|002|39|50|W}}CumberlandMarch 1941–July 1945No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Dumfries between July 1940 and September 1940.
No. 22 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Silloth.
No. 12 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Kirkbride.{{cite web|url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rwbarnes/defence/hornby.htm |title=RAF Hornby Hall: Satellite Landing Ground|publisher=Russell W. Barnes|access-date=30 November 2012}}
No. 10 SLGRAF Wath Head{{Coord|54|49|04|N|003|06|40|W}}Cumberland1941–1 December 1945No. 12 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Kirkbride between early 1941 and 12 January 1944.
No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Dumfries between 12 January 1944 and September 1945.
No. 11 SLGRAF Low Eldrig{{Coord|54|49|00|N|004|58|00|W}}Wigtownshire1 July 1941–September 1942No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Dumfries.
No. 12 SLGRAF Beechwood Park{{Coord|51|49|23|N|000|29|04|W}}Hertfordshire1943–March 1946No. 15 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Wroughton from mid 1943.
No. 13 SLGRAF Tatton Park{{Coord|53|19|47|N|002|22|32|W}}CheshireAugust 1941–May 1943No. 48 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Hawarden
No. 51 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Lichfield.
No. 14 SLGRAF Overley Park{{Coord|51|44|00|N|002|01|00|W}}Gloucestershire1941–1944For No. 20 MU until 1942, used by 10 MU in 1944.
No. 15 SLGRAF Bodorgan{{Coord|53|11|06|N|004|25|45|W}}Gwynedd1940–1944For No. 48 MU
No. 16 SLGRAF Ballywalter{{Coord|54|33|08|N|005|29|07|W}}Down1941–1945For No. 23 MU
No. 17 SLGRAF Maydown{{Coord|55|02|00|N|007|14|23|W}}Londonderry1941–1941Used by 23 MU, developed into a full size airfield.
No. 18 SLGRAF St Angelo{{Coord|54|24|56|N|007|39|05|W}}FermanaghApril 1941–September 1941Used by 23 MU RAF Aldergrove but not used. Later became a fighter sector station.
No. 19 SLGRAF Murlough{{Coord|54|15|00|N|005|54|00|W}}Down1941–1945Used by No. 23 MU
No. 20 SLGRAF Langford Lodge{{Coord|54|37|02|N|006|18|11|W}}Antrim1941–1942Used by No. 23 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Aldergrove.{{cite web|url=http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/gb/N-Ireland/antrim.html |title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: |publisher=Ronald V |access-date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909114827/http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/gb/N-Ireland/antrim.html |archive-date=9 September 2013 }} developed in a full size airfield.
No. 21 SLGRAF Ollerton{{Coord|52|49|59|N|002|30|27|W}}Shropshire1941–1942Used by 29 MU, 37 MU and 27 MU from RAF Shawbury. Transferred to the Navy and renamed Hinstock/HMS Godwit.
No. 22 SLGRAF Barnsley Park{{Coord|51|46|00|N|001|53|23|W}}Gloucestershire1941–1945Used by 6 MU then 5 MU
No. 23 SLGRAF Down Farm{{Coord|51|35|00|N|002|15|00|W}}Gloucestershire1941–1946Used by 10 MU
No. 24 SLGRAF Methven{{Coord|56|24|39|N|003|32|05|W}}Perthshire1941–1944Used by 44 MU
No. 25 SLGRAF Findo Gask{{Coord|56|22|29|N|003|36|33|W}}Perthshire1941–1942No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Edzell. Developed into a full size airfield.
No. 26 SLGRAF Stravithie{{Coord|56|18|00|N|002|45|00|W}}Fife1941–1942No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Edzell.
No. 27 SLGRAF Lennoxlove{{Coord|55|55|59|N|002|45|08|W}}East Lothian1941–1946No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Dumfries.{{cite web|url=http://eastlothianatwar.co.uk/lennoxlove.html |title=Lennoxlove |publisher=East Lothian at War|access-date=30 November 2012}}
No. 28 SLGRAF Barton Abbey{{Coord|51|55|13|N|001|20|03|W}}Oxfordshire1943–1945No. 39 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Colerne until March 1943.
No. 6 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Brize Norton from 1943.
No. 29 SLGRAF Hodnet{{Coord|52|50|27|N|002|34|28|W}}Shropshire1941–1945Used by 24 MU, 37 MU, 51 MU and 27 MU from RAF Shawbury
No. 30 SLGRAF Brockton{{Coord|52|37|00|N|002|25|00|W}}Shropshire1941–1945Used by 9 MU
No. 31 SLGRAF Everleigh{{Coord|51|18|00|N|001|44|00|W}}Wiltshire1941–1945Used by 15 MU and 33 MU from RAF Lyneham from September 1942.
No. 32 SLGRAF Hoar Cross{{Coord|52|47|40|N|001|49|23|W}}Staffordshire1941–1945Used by 51 MU
No. 33 SLGRAF Weston Park{{Coord|52|41|14|N|002|17|12|W}}Shropshire1941–1945No. 27 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Shawbury, transferred to the Royal Navy.
No. 34 SLGRAF Woburn Park{{Coord|51|59|19|N|000|36|01|W}}Bedfordshire1941–1947Used by 6 MU and 8 MU
No. 35 SLGRAF Blidworth{{Coord|53|06|21|N|001|06|51|W}}Nottinghamshire1941–1942Used by 51 MU
No. 36 SLGRAF Winterseugh{{Coord|55|01|00|N|003|19|00|W}}Dumfriesshire1941–1942Used by 18 MU
No. 37 SLGRAF Hardwick Park{{Coord|53|10|18|N|001|18|07|W}}Derbyshire1941–1943Used by 27 MU and 51 MU
No. 38 SLGRAF Grove Park{{Coord|53|18|42|N|000|53|57|W}}Nottinghamshire1942–1945Used by 51 MU and 27 MU
No. 39 SLGRAF Brayton Park{{Coord|54|46|26|N|003|18|04|W}}Cumberland1941–1946Used by 12 MU
No. 40 SLGRAF Dornoch{{Coord|57|52|20|N|004|01|35|W}}Ross & Cromarty1941–1945Used by 45 MU
No. 41 SLGRAF Kirkton{{Coord|57|57|23|N|004|01|51|W}}Sutherland1941–1945No. 45 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF.{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=91607 |title=Kirkton Airfield |publisher=Scotlands Places|access-date=30 November 2012}}
No. 42 SLGRAF Black Isle{{Coord|57|37|37|N|004|09|37|W}}Ross & Cromarty1941–1945Also known as Black Stand {{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=296833 |title=Black Isle, Blackstand Airfield, Satellite Landing Ground |publisher=Scotlands Islands|access-date=30 November 2012}} Used by 46 MU
No. 43 SLGRAF Leanach{{Coord|57|29|00|N|004|02|00|W}}Invernessshire1941–1946Used by 46 MU
No. 44 SLGRAF Bush Barn{{Coord|51|39|42|N|001|29|03|W}}Oxfordshire1941–1943Used by 5 MU, later used by Royal Navy
No. 45 SLGRAF Townsend{{Coord|51|27|00|N|001|53|00|W}}Wiltshire1941–1943No. 33 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Lyneham until September 1942
No. 15 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Wroughton from September 1942.
No. 46 SLGRAF Brinklow{{Coord|52|24|00|N|001|23|00|W}}Warwickshire1941–1944Used by 29 MU
No. 47 SLGRAF Southgrove{{Coord|51|19|00|N|001|41|00|W}}Wiltshire1941Was for 5 MU but was not used.
No. 48 SLGRAF Teddesley Park{{Coord|52|44|19|N|002|04|52|W}}Staffordshire1941–1946Used by 27 MU
No. 49 SLGRAF Knowsley Park{{Coord|53|25|56|N|002|49|55|W}}Lancashire1941, 1942–1944Used by 37 MU until declared unfit, later 48 MU

References

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