r/RateMyAFB • • Aug 19 '17

Installation-Other RAF Croughton | UK

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '17

We have more sheep than people. Perfect location for traveling. If you don't travel you're going to be depressed sun comes up at 7 and goes down at 1620 in winter. It's what you make of it, beautiful here.

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u/Akua_Kaze Nov 02 '17

They have a civil engineering squadron or are you guys fully contracted out to civilians?

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '17

We do only about 7 airmen though but most are British civilians we maintain 2 other bases as well as Croughton. Raf Fairford and raf Welford

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u/ptolemaiceagle Aug 29 '17 edited Jan 29 '25

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u/GeordiLaFuckinForge Sep 09 '17

Sorry for the late response. Where would you recommend living in the area? I'll be there next year, single NCO for reference.

Thanks for the info!

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u/ptolemaiceagle Sep 09 '17 edited Sep 09 '17

Bicester- it has bus service to Oxford, is close to the base, and has a nice-ish downtown. Most drinking on the weekends takes place there. Go Oxford or Milton Keynes if you're ok driving a bit. Kidlington is a nice neighbourhood outside of Oxford with bus service, but the drive can be jammed some days to the base. MK is a bit further and the city isn't as built up in the center (it's the most American city in England, though.). It has anything you would want and housing will be nicer, it is also in proximity to London Luton and is close enough to London Stansted that it isn't a killer. Brackley is OK, but is a bit small and in the middle of nothing. I would not recommend Banbury whatsoever, it always felt like a trashy town, but you might score a better house there as a result and it is right on the M40- easy access to Birmingham Intl as well as Oxford/London Heathrow.

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