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Metheringham
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Collection
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| Site |
Photographs |
Comments |
| Aston Down, Glos |
4 x Control Tower and Runway |
Used extensively by local
gliding club. No powered flight |
| Beaulie, Hants |
7 x aerial views |
Deserted, with no buildings.
Used for model aircraft |
| Bedford DRA |
2 x broken runway and building |
The infamous dual carriage way
to nowhere |
| Benson, Oxon |
1 of Gate Guardian |
No comment |
| Birch, Essex |
2 x WW2 buildings |
Owned by F1 racing team |
| Blackebush, Hants |
2 x Blocked entrance |
Active private airfield |
| Bottesford, Lincs |
3 x hangers and control tower |
Tower restored as home and
office. Hangers and WW2 building used by light industry. |
| Bottisham, Cambridge |
2 x Possibly cinema, now
smoked meat unit |
Agriculture. Main road over
field |
| Bovingdon, Herts |
3 x wrecked control tower and
runway |
Car boot sales and H.M Prison |
| Brooklands, Surrey |
13 x track, runway and hangers |
Now Brooklands Museum, Office
and Superstore Park |
| Bungay, Norfolk |
4 x runways, hut and canteen |
flattened |
| Castle Combe, Wilts |
1 x Control Tower converted to
car racing tower |
Race track. Lots of WW2
buildings |
| Charmy Down, Wilts |
5 x control tower, water
tower, barracks, canteen, isolation unit and pill box |
Now a pig farm. |
| Chedworth, Glos |
2 x Control Tower |
Now painted green and part of
farm infrastructure. Hangers also remain |
| Chelveston, Beds |
1 x hanger |
Private DRA site. No sign of
Gregory peck |
| Coleby Grange, Leics |
6 x Control Tower |
Peri track and some buildings
remain |
| Colerne, Wilts |
2 x wrecked bomb shelter |
High security site |
| Condover, Staff |
2 x Control Tower, Emergency
Vehicle Building and bomb shelters |
Lovely open site, now farmland
again |
| Cranfield, Beds |
1 x Control Tower |
Busy private airfield |
| Cranwell |
1 x the gates |
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| Croydon, Surrey |
3 x Airport House, the old
terminal |
Much abused and restored |
| Debach, Suffolk |
6 x Control Tower and concrete |
Lorry Park and farmland |
| Deopham Green, Suffolk |
1 x Memorial and concrete |
Not much left |
| Digby, Leics |
3 x restored ops room |
Active RAF site |
| Down Ampney, Rutland |
3 x wreckage of control tower
and Nissan huts |
Hangers and runway still used
by private flying club |
| Dunkeswell, Somerset |
2 x memorial and view over to
tower |
private airfield |
| Duxford, Cambs |
1 x Control Tower |
Museum |
| Earls Colne, Essex |
6 x runways and old buildings |
private airfield and golf
course |
| East Kirkby, Lincs |
9 x control tower, hanger and
Lancaster |
Taken during FlyPast weekend,
April 1997 |
| Eastleigh, Hants |
25 x hangers, buildings and
runway before modernisation |
Southampton Airport |
| Edgehill, Warks |
2 x wrecked control tower |
Private flying club |
| Ely, Cambs |
1 x memorial windows in
cathedral |
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| Eye, Suffolk |
6 x New Industry, Old huts,
runways |
Industry |
| Fairoaks, Surrey |
3 x control tower, and hangers |
Very active airfield with
Police Helicopters |
| Farnborough, Hants |
1 x Canberra |
DRA |
| Feltham, Middx |
8 x Officers Club, buildings,
deserted take off area and water tower |
Completely gone. Now
Industrial area |
| Finmere |
3 x control tower, runway and
pill box |
Deserted farmland |
| Foulsham, Norfolk |
1 x hangers |
agriculture |
| Fowlmere, Cambs |
1 x memorial and hanger |
farmland and flying club |
| Framlingham, Suffolk |
4 x restored control tower and
hanger |
Flying and museum |
| Gosfield, Essex |
5 x control tower, runway,
fuel tank and wall paintings |
Light Industry and racing |
| Grafton Underwood, Northants |
4 x memorial and concrete |
Farmland and lorry training
area |
| Greenham Common, Berks |
2 x Post WW2 control tower |
Deserted with some industry |
| Halesworth, Suffolk |
2 x memorials |
Bernard Matthews Farm |
| Halfpenny Green, Staffs |
8 x control tower |
Very complete ex RAF station.
Guard house and buildings still intact. Busy airfield and industry |
| Hampstead Norris, Berks |
15 x Runways, peri track, ops
block, fire engine hanger, officers mess and wind sock mast |
Busy farm |
| Hardwick, Norfolk |
5 x concrete and views |
desolated |
| Harwell, Berks |
2 x concrete |
High security AWE site |
| Hedcorn, Kent |
1 x memorial |
Empty fields |
| Hethel, Norfolk |
1 x Control tower |
Lotus cars |
| Hitchin, Herts |
1 x converted control tower |
House and farmland |
| Holmesley, Hants |
5 x runways and pans |
Caravan site |
| Horham, Suffolk |
3 x Guard room and runway |
Deserted, farmland |
| Hornchurch, London |
10 x pens, concrete, pill box,
officers mess |
Parkland and housing |
| Jersey. CI |
35 x buildings and airplanes |
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| Kenley, Surrey |
3 x runway and mess buildings |
Deserted RAF |
| Kimbolton, Leics |
1 x memorial |
Industry and farmland |
| Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon |
3 x control tower and pill box |
Industry and farmland |
| Knettishal, Norfolk |
10 x Hangers, runways, huts,
memorial, pub and church |
Agriculture |
| Langar |
2 x memorial and control tower |
Active airfield |
| Langham, Suffolk |
1 x Control Tower |
Farmland |
| Lavenham, Suffolk |
5 x restored control tower and
runways |
House and farmland |
| Lee on Solent, Hants |
1 x Control Tower |
Active airfield |
| Little Horwood, Bucks |
5 x runway, NAAFI and pens |
Deserted, private land and
farm |
| Little Snoring, Norfolk |
2 x control tower |
Active airfield |
| Little Walden, Essex |
3 x Control Tower and hangers |
Nicely restored |
| Lymington ALG, Hants |
2 x hanger |
farmland |
| Membury, Berks |
15 x Control tower, hangers,
other buildings, runway, hospital |
Industry and Swindon Light
Aircraft |
| Mendlesham, Suffolk |
12 x new buildings. Huts,
hangers, runways, overviews |
Extensive Industrial Estate |
| Metfield, Norfolk |
8 x runways, emergancy
building, shelters, pill boxes, water tower |
agriculture |
| Metheringham, Leics |
10 x wrecked control tower,
runway, memorial and buildings |
Farmland. Visitor Centre |
| Mount Farm, Oxon |
22 x remains of runways and
peritrack, memorial, old main entrance and buildings |
Farmland |
| Newton |
2 x control tower |
farm Land |
| North Pickenham, Norfolk |
7 x runways, hangers, blocks |
industrial estate |
| North Weald, Essex |
5 x Ops Block and Control
Tower |
Active Airfield |
| Old Buckenham, Suffolk |
7 x memorial, hangers,
accomodation, emergancy vehicle building |
Small private airfield |
| Oulton, Norfolk |
7 x control tower and general
views |
farmland |
| Poddington, Beds |
1 x Control Tower |
Santa Pod raceway |
| Rackham, Norfolk |
2 x control tower and memorial |
Industry and Farmland |
| Ridgewell, Essex |
14 x sites of tower,
guardroom. Remains of cinema. Views over runways. Old USAAF Pubs, hospital and memorial |
Virtually all gone.
Agriculture |
| Rougham, Suffolk |
5 x Control Tower, buildings
and runway |
Industry and farmland |
| Rustington |
1 x Guardroom |
Now private bungalow |
| Seething, Suffolk |
11 x control tower, Nissans,
memorials, wall paintings, ops block, runways |
Museum in tower. Active
private flying club. |
| Send, Surrey |
4 x landing area and bomb
shelter |
Between the wars landing area
for Alan Cobham |
| Shipdham, Norfolk |
3 x control tower and Nissan
huts |
Industry and light aircraft |
| Silverstone |
2 x general views |
Race track. Lots of WW2
buildings |
| Stanton Harcourt, Oxon |
16 x various buildings, water
tower, hanger |
Private Light Industry and
quarrying |
| Staplehurst ALG, Kent |
1 x wooden hut |
deserted |
| Stavely, Glos |
2 x hangers and meteor |
Active airfield |
| Sudbury, Suffolk |
7 x Hangers, huts and runways
and local church |
Private Industry and
agriculture |
| Swannington |
2 x wrecked control tower with
geese |
Farmland |
| Swanton Morley |
2 x hangers |
Industry |
| Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
1 x old huts |
Army barracks |
| Swinderby, Leics |
1 x Empty field |
WW! flying |
| Tangmere, Sussex |
9 x Control tower, hanger,
officers mess, memorial, concrete and aircraft |
Good museum |
| Thorpe Abbots, Suffolk |
8 x Control Tower, buildings
and concrete |
Restored tower and buildings
with museum |
| Thruxton, Hants |
2 x Control Tower |
Race track. Lots of WW2
buildings |
| Tibenham, Norfolk |
10 x memorial, paintings,
hangers, runway and planes |
Norfolk Gliding Club |
| Turweston |
4 x control tower |
Farmland |
| Twinwood Farm, Beds |
13 x control tower, hanger and
concrete |
Private Farm. Glenn Millar
last seen here |
| Waddington, Leics |
1 x WW1 hangers |
Lancaster repair hangers
during WW2 |
| Warmwell, Dorset |
3 x control tower, canteen and
concrete |
Holiday Park and quarry |
| Waterbeach, Cambs |
3 x Control Tower and HQ |
Active station |
| Wellingore, Leics |
4 x pens, runway and pill box |
Farmland |
| Wendling, Norfolk |
5 x memorial, runways, huts
and sheds |
Turkey farm |
| West Malling, Kent |
12 x Hangers, Control Tower,
runway, other buildings |
Now deserted and redeveloped
RAF station, Also the site for much of The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour"
including the blast wall scene in "I Am The Walrus" |
| West Raynham, Somerset |
2 x long range views over
field |
Closed, but high security |
| Westbury, Wilts |
5 x concrete and emergency
vehicle building |
Farmland |
| Westhamnett, Sussex |
3 x control tower and other
buildings |
Goodwood race track and
airfield |
| Weston Zoyland, Soms |
2 x Control Tower |
Farmland |
| Wigtownshire, Scotland |
1 x general view |
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| Wing, Bucks |
28 x Many types of buildings,
runways, theatre, gymnasium, latrines and bomb shelters |
Farmland and light industry |
| Winkleigh, Devon |
4 x control tower |
Industry |
| Wisley, Surrey |
70 x The entire airfield with
aircraft at its busiest (38) and the site as it is now (32) |
The Vickers/Bae test flight
centre. Now deserted |
| Witchford, cambs |
11 x Hangers, memorial, HQ and
scenes |
Industrial estate |
| Woodhall Spa, Leics |
12 x bomb area and memorials |
Taken during FlyPast weekend,
April 1997 |
| Wymeswold |
2 x Control Tower and
emergency vehicle building |
Farmland |
| Yatesbury, Wilts |
8 x WW1 hangers and
accomodation |
Deserted and Industry |
| Zeals, Somerset |
1 x Control Tower |
Now a house |
Last Updated on 98/09/18
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