Alvescot Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest just under 3 hectares (7.4 acres) in size near Alvescot in Oxfordshire.
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Alvescot railway station was a railway station between the Oxfordshire villages of Alvescot and Black Bourton, in England. It was Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Fairford.
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Alvescot is a village and civil parish about 1+1⁄2 miles south of Carterton, Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 472.
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Carterton railway station was a railway station just north of the village of Black Bourton on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Fairford. The station had two stone-built platforms, a passing loop, and a concrete station building.
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Black Bourton is a village and civil parish about 2 miles south of Carterton, Oxfordshire. The village is on Black Bourton Brook, a tributary of the River Thames. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 266. RAF Brize Norton adjoins the parish. The northern boundary of the parish is along the middle of the main runway of the airfield.
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RAF Brize Norton is the largest station of the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. It is located in Oxfordshire, approximately 75 mi west-northwest of London, near the village of Brize Norton and the towns of Carterton and Witney.
The station is the base for air transport, air-to-air refuelling and military parachuting, with the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Airbus A400M Atlas and Airbus Voyager operating from the station.
Major infrastructure redevelopment began in 2010, ahead of the closure of RAF Lyneham in 2012, and Brize Norton became the sole air point of embarkation for British troops.
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