MoD Linton-on-Ouse Planned
Raf · Linton-on-Ouse, North YorkshireFormer RAF station; an earlier 2022 proposal for up to 1,500 was abandoned and the site was revived as a proposal in 2026, subject to feasibility assessment and planning, with a minimum three-year operational period.
Nearby schools
Nearest school: Linton-on-Ouse Primary School (Primary), 1.04 miles in a straight line. There are 0 open schools within one mile and 1 within two.
Straight-line distances to open schools in the DfE Get Information About Schools register, shown as objective context. In 2026 the government said asylum accommodation should not be sited close to schools and nurseries; that guidance names no official distance, so these figures are not a measure against any threshold.
Local asylum coverage
- Letter to Home Secretary calls for closure of “inhumane” asylum accommodation camps at former military sites
- Government considering three new ex-military sites to replace asylum hotels
- Home Office eyes up three more military sites to house thousands of asylum seekers
- Minister defends RAF Linton asylum plan – Final decision not made yet
- Asylum seekers set to be housed at military base on Norfolk border
- Community leaders weigh in on plans to house asylum seekers at military base
Recent local coverage of asylum accommodation, via Google News. Headlines and publishers shown verbatim.