Benson is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census gave the parish population as 4,754. It lies about a mile and a half north of Wallingford at the foot of the Chilter
St Helen's parish church
Second World War graves of Polish and Czechoslovak airmen in the extension of St Helen's parish churchyard
13 Castle Square, a mid-18th-century house
Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a front-line station and from 2009 to 2025 was home to the R
Benson, Oxfordshire
…and is very good." The church parish includes the hamlets of Fifield and Crowmarsh-Battle or Preston-Crowmarsh. The village is often confused with RAF Benson, which is a well-known RAF station and airfield. The airfield boundary is adjacent to the village, and the aerodrome's construction closed the former…
Benson village (left) and RAF Benson (centre and right) from the air
Fairey Battles of No. 12 Operational Training Unit based at RAF Benson during July 1940
A Type F.8 Mark II (20-inch lens) aerial camera being loaded into a Supermarine Spitfire PR.IV at RAF Benson during the Second World War
An RAF Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1 of the type based at RAF Benson during the 1960s