RAF St Eval & St Eval Church
The old airfield of RAF St Eval and St Eval church. The airfield was used in WWII and is now used for communication although there is not a lot online about it.
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RAF St. Eval AMQ
A quick drive around the old Airman's Married Quarters at St. Eval from Botha Rd to Beaufort Avenue.
RAF Military One MKL VOLMET, St. Eval, England - 5450 kHz USB
RAF Military One MKL VOLMET, St. Eval, England - 5450 kHz USB - 4 kw - 0252 utc 10-14-18 - Received in Callander, Ontario, Canada - Kenwood TS-440S and 400' doublet antenna - HRD Software.
VOLMET: Royal Air Force (St. Eval, UK) - 11253KHz
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St Eval
In-car again from the trusty 172, appearing at the very last Newquay Auto Club Sprint at St. Eval, 25th September 2011.
Decoy Sites for RAF St Eval, RNAS St Merryn & RAF Trebelzue
1940 saw heavy raids on the airfields of north Cornwall, particularly the RAF Fighter Command Sector Headquarters at St Eval. St Eval was also a Coastal Command airfield protecting the south west approaches. Nearby RNAS St Merryn (HMS Vulture) was also bombed. So ingeniuous solutions were found to draw the enemy's bombs away from the real targets by creating several decoy sites on the downs above the airfields. This video looks at two of them at Denzell Downs and Winnards Perch and sees what remains there today. The music is There'll always be an England by Alfred Piccaver.
Can you add any more details about the decoy sites? Do you have any wartime photographs of them? Did any of your relatives serve on them? If so, please leave a comment.
For a fuller look at the Decoy Sites watch
Eden Project neighbourhood planning case study: St Eval, Cornwall
The residents of St Eval, Cornwall, have used neighbourhood planning to save community facilities and shape future development in the area. Visit for ideas and resources on how to bring about the changes you'd like to see in your area.
Bear's Downs Radar Station St Eval
Situated on the Downs above RAF St Eval are the remains of a wartime radar station. It served the important RAF Fighter Command Sector Headquarters and Coastal Command Airfield. This video looks at what remains today at the radar site on a wet day in February 2011. The music is the Battle of Britain Theme by the Geoff Love Orchestra.
Do you know any more about the radar station? Do you have any wartime photographs of it? Did any of your relatives serve on the radar station? If so, please leave a comment.
Check out my video on the Decoy Sites for St Eval and my other World War Two in Cornwall videos. Thanks for reading.
St. Eval Church Bells Ringing Cambridge
St. Eval Church Bells Ringing Cambridge
More Decoy Sites for RAF St Eval RNAS St Merryn & RAF Trebelzue
RAF St Eval, and its neighbouring airfields of RNAS St Merryn and RAF Trebelzue (St Mawgan after 1943), were receiving a lot of unwelcome attention from the Luftwaffe in 1940 and 1941. It was decided to deflect this attention by building Q type decoy sites on the downs above the airfields. This video looks at the three sites known as Q61A, Q61B and Q61C at Trelow Downs, Tregonetha Downs and Colan respectively and sees what remains of them today.
Can you add any more detail to what is known about the decoy sites? Did any of your relatives help build them or serve on them? Do you have any wartime photographs of the sites or their personnel? If so, please leave a comment.
The music featured is There Goes That Song Again by Adelaide Hall, When The Lights Go On Again by Vera Lynn and Till The Lights of London Shine Again by Chick Henderson.
Thanks for looking. Please check out my other videos on World War Two sites in Cornwall, including one looking at the decoy site at Denzell Downs for RAF St Eval.
st eval 2011
few laps at st eval sideways,spin, etc.......
last run an personal best so far 131:07
11253 kHz - MVU RAF Volmet from St.Eval, 10kW (in USB mode) received in hut Gotze Delchev, Bulgaria
11253 kHz - MVU RAF Volmet from St.Eval, 10kW (in USB mode) received in hut Gotze Delchev, Bulgaria
SW scan 31m hut Gotze Delchev, Pirin mountain, Bulgaria -
SW scan 19m and 16m hut Gotze Delchev, Pirin mountain, Bulgaria -
Duke Of Edinburgh Visits Coastal Command (1952)
St. Eval, Cornwall
MS. Duke ducks from under entrance of plane. LS. Helicopter taking off - pan to Duke watching. MS. Duke watching helicopter and talking to general. Duke watching helicopter take off. Helicopter in flight. Duke on airstrip watching helicopter pan to helicopter flying above grounded wing of plane. Duke and two commanders watching helicopter. Helicopter landing. Helicopter. Duke in ops room. LS. MS. Duke presenting the Dunning Cup to Sqdn ldr. E.F.J. O'Doire commander of 210 Squadron, Coastal Command. MS. Duke inspecting a Neptune aircraft - climbing into bomb-bay and Ducking out. Salute. Wheel of plane. (cutaways) MS. Duke inspecting a helicopter. LS. MS. Duke inspecting Shackleton and Lancaster aircraft. MS. Duke alights from plane greeted by Air Marshall Sir Alick Stevens KBE. CB. MS. Duke and Stevens walking to saluting base. LS. MS. Duke inspects Guard of Honour and takes the march past. MS. Women and children spectators. MS. Duke in control room. MS. Duke watching fly past. CU. Hand pointing to map. (Mute Lav.)
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Control Tower At RNAS St Merryn,Cornwall
I stumbled upon this airfield in the fading light of an October afternoon.
During WW2 this airfield was operated by the Royal Navy & in typical Navy tradition was named HMS Vulture. Unlike RAF stations this airfield had four interlinking runways to simulate carrier take-off & landing (on-board carriers, aircraft take-off & land into the wind).
Post WW2, this airfield was named HMS Curlew & finally closed in 1956.
This Watch office is pre-war & is in a very poor condition owing to water ingression, the staircase has completely rotted away.
As a footnote, I asked permission to view this airfield as it is on private property & used for agricultural purposes. If you intend to visit please seek permission first.
Carnewas & Bedruthan Steps
Carnewas & Bedruthan Steps (Cornish: Karn Havos, meaning rock-pile of summer dwelling and Cornish: Bos Rudhen, meaning Red-one's dwelling) is a stretch of coastline located on the north Cornish coast between Padstow and Newquay, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] It is within the parish of St Eval and is part owned by the National Trust. The Trust maintains a shop and cafe and the cliff–top view of rocks stretching into the distance along Bedruthan beach makes the area a popular attraction for tourists and painters. The property affords walks along the coast path and the steep steps at Bedruthan allow access to a series of rocky beaches at low tide (not owned by the Trust). Signs at the top of the steps down to the beaches warn visitors not to risk swimming in these waters due to heavy rips, fast tides and submerged rocks.
Go Kart Race at St Eval, Cornwall
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Military 1 Information VOLMET ( formerly RAF VOLMET) 5450 kHz USB, St Eval
Nice upper side band signal from Cornwall with an ID at the end of the video. Signal recorded at 15:14 on 21/02/16 in Oxford UK using an Elad FDM DUO and Wellbrook ALA1530 active loop antenna (indoors). Thanks for watching.