Map sources for Burn, North Yorkshire at grid reference SE594286

Burn is a village some three miles south of Selby, North Yorkshire. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Map sources for Selby at grid reference SE6132 Selby is a town in North Yorkshire, England, located at 53° 48′ 00″ N 01° 04′ 00″ W (53. ... North Yorkshire is a county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ...

The village is mainly situated around the main A19 road with the addition of a small housing estate built in the mid 1960s to the west of the main road. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... The A19 is a major road in England, running parallel to and east of the A1 road. ...

To the east of the A19 is Burn Airfield, built in 1942 as a bomber base in World War II. The airfield is now used by Burn Gliding Club, but may in the future be developed as the site of the European Spallation Source (ESS), a nuclear facility to generate neutrons by spallation. Outline planning permission for the ESS was applied for on 12 May 2005. The A19 is a major road in England, running parallel to and east of the A1 road. ... A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... A modern glider crossing the finish line at speed Gliding (or soaring) is a recreational activity and competitive sport where individuals fly un-powered aeroplanes known as gliders or sailplanes. ... A residential smoke detector is for most people the most familiar piece of nuclear technology Nuclear technology is technology that involves the reactions of atomic nuclei. ... Properties In physics, the neutron is a subatomic particle with no net electric charge and a mass of 939. ... In nuclear physics, spallation is the process in which a heavy nucleus emits a large number of nucleons as a result of being hit by a high-energy proton, thus greatly reducing its atomic weight. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

External links

• Yorkshire ESS homepage
• Burn Gliding Club homepage