Netheravon

Coordinates: 51°14′20″N 1°47′02″W / 51.239°N 1.784°W / 51.239; -1.784

Netheravon
Netheravon  Netheravon shown within Wiltshire
Population	1,064 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SU1448
Parish	Netheravon
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Salisbury
Postcode district	SP4
Dialling code	01980
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	Great Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Devizes
List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire

Netheravon is a village and civil parish on the River Avon, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the town of Amesbury in Wiltshire.

Notable people

The writer Frank Sawyer (1906-1980), although born in Bulford, spent most of his life in Netheravon as river keeper River Avon and died on the banks of the river near the parish church. He developed the Pheasant Tail Nymph for fly fishing and wrote the books Keeper of the Stream and Nymphs and the Trout.^[2]

Netheravon airfield

The airfield was first used before the First World War, initially for balloon operations. Aircraft were flown by the Royal Flying Corps, also before the First World War. The RFC became the Royal Air Force in 1918. In the Second World War the airfield was RAF Netheravon and was home to 296 and 297 squadrons.

The airfield is claimed to be the longest continuously operated airfield in the world and is now operated by 7 Regt AAC(V) of the Army Air Corps as AAC Netheravon.

The camp is also used as a parachute centre, on weekdays for the Joint Service Parachute Centre (JSPC) and at the weekends for the Army Parachute Association (APA).

References

1. ^ "Area selected: Salisbury (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790551. Retrieved 17 June 2010. 
2. ^ Vines, Sidney (1984). Frank Sawyer - Man of the Riverside. London: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0047990236. 

Location

Position: grid reference SU1448

See also

• List of places in Wiltshire

External links

• A Church Near You: Netheravon All Saints