RAF Wethersfield Open
Raf · Wethersfield, EssexFormer MoD airfield; a Special Development Order permits asylum use until April 2027, with total capacity raised to 1,245 bedspaces.
Nearby schools
Nearest school: Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School (Primary), 1.59 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
- Ministers push ahead with housing asylum seekers on ex-military sites
- Housing asylum seekers at RAF base ‘to cost £500 a night’ each
- Reform UK's Thaxted councillor defends Wethersfield Asylum Centre security operation
- Wethersfield Asylum Centre to expand and remain in operation beyond 2027
- Protests continue after announcement Wethersfield Asylum Centre will expand
- Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers
Recent local coverage of asylum accommodation, via Google News. Headlines and publishers shown verbatim.