Death of an airfield

[Mike101]

I was bored today in my hotel so decided to go for a drive. I ended up at the Avro museum on Woodford airfield.

While the museum is very good and well worth a visit it was so sad the see the slow destruction and decay of such a once important airfield.

All Lancaster and Vulcans were made there and soon there will be nothing left.
even the old green Avro hangers have been left to rot.

I understand progress and all that but being a big flying fan I found it all very sad indeed.

Mike

[pinball1008]

I thought the Avro factory was at Chadderton, but I get your point of the aerodrome slowly returning to nature. No money in them of course until someone wants to build hoses there I guess.

[Redmurty]

There are several airfields around Wolverhampton that were left to rot and are now being used as industrial estates.

"Virgin" used one for a while for balloon/blimp work, Branson then wanted to expand the operations of the airfield and turn it into a commercial but locals got it stopped

cheers Spud

[lancashirelad]

Blame "call me Dave" & his governments decision to scrap Nimrod MPR 1V.

[BIG DON]

The announced closures:
Royal Marines Condor Airfield, near Arbroath, Scotland
HMS Nelson Wardroom, Portsmouth
Royal Marines Stonehouse, Plymouth
The Royal Citadel, Plymouth
HMS Sultan, Gosport
Chivenor airfield and barracks, near Barnstaple, Devon
Norton Manor Camp, Somerset
Buckley Barracks, Wiltshire
Chalgrove airfield, Chalgrove, Oxford
Copthorne barracks, Shrewsbury
Somerset barracks, near Cheriton Kent
Abercorn barracks, Ballykinler in County Down, Northern Ireland
Craigiehall, Cramond, Scotland
Catterick town centre parcel, North Yorkshire
Harden Barracks (Duchess of Kent Psychiatric Hospital), Catterick, North Yorkshire
Burgoyne Barracks, Shepway, Kent
Claro Barracks, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Fitzwygram House (Royal Army Veterinary Corps Centre), Aldershot
Commander and staff trainer (North), Catterick, North Yorkshire
Cavalry barracks, Hounslow, London
Kneller Hall, Whitton, London
Parsons barracks, Donnington
Prince William of Gloucester barracks, near Grantham Lincolnshire
St George's barracks, North Luffenham, Rutland
Venning barracks, Donnington, Telford, Shropshire
Middlewick ranges, near Colchester
Chilwell station, Nottingham
Queen Elizabeth barracks, Strensall, North Yorkshire
Sir John Moore barracks, Winchester
Towthorpe Lines, Towthorpe, York
Thornhill barracks, Aldershot
Clive barracks, Ternhill, Shropshire
Fulwood barracks, Preston, Lancashire
Kinnegar logistic base, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland
Meadowforth barracks (HQ 51 Highland Brigade), Sterling, Scotland
Redford cavalry barracks, Colinton, Edinburgh
Redford infantry barracks, Colinton, Edinburgh
Dale barracks, Upton near Chester
Aldershot distribution outlet
Cawdor barracks, Haverfordwest, Wales
Leighton House (ASOB Westbury), Westbury, Wiltshire
Southwick Park, Fareham
Brecon barracks
Beachley barracks, close to Chepstow, Wales
Invicta Park barracks, Maidstone, Kent
MOD Woodbridge (Rock barracks), Suffolk
St David's barracks, Graven Hill, Bicester
Vauxhall barracks, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Woolwich station, London
Buckley barracks (Hullavington barracks), Wiltshire
Dalton barracks, including Abingdon airfield, Oxfordshire
Azimghur barracks, Colerne, Wiltshire
Carver barracks, Saffron Walden, Essex
Dishforth barracks, North Yorkshire
Imphal barracks, Fulford, York
Robertson barracks, Norfolk
Fort George, near Inverness, Scotland
Glencorse barracks, Scotland
Swansea airport, Fairwood Common, Swansea
Moat House, Reading
Newtonards airfield, County Down, Northern Ireland
RAF Colerne airfield, Wiltshire
RAF Henlow technical site and airfield, Bedfordshire
1300 Parkway, Bristol
RAF Barnham, Norfolk
RAF Mildenhall, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
RAF Halton airfield, Buckinghamshire
RAF Molesworth, Old Weston, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
RAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Amport House, Andover, Hampshire
Defence Geographic Centre, Feltham
Ministry of Defence Police Wethershield/Wethershield airfield, Essex
Defence Business Services finance, Liverpool
DBS Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
DBS Tomlinson House, Norcross, Blackpool, Lancashire
Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Aldershot
Lodge Hill, Chattenden, Kent
DIO Warrington
DIO head office, Sutton Coldfield
Deverell barracks, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Fort Blockhouse, Gosport
Athena House, Swindon
MOD Caledonia, Dunfermline, Scotland
Clayton barracks, Aldershot


Understand what you are saying mike but it is the tip of an iceberg within a few years this lot will be gone also.

Anyway if we had all the old airfields we would not have much to put there.

D

[Helicoptermanr22]

Bloody ell.. all for affordable housing so that lazy arse scroungers get a free roof over ones head! Dont get me going!!

[Mike101]

Bloody ell.. all for affordable housing so that lazy arse scroungers get a free roof over ones head! Dont get me going!!

Looking at some of the houses being built I don't think that scrounges will Ben getting many of them.

All that's really left are the hangers were the last Nimrods were cut up. You can see the history almost dripping out of every building.

I wonder if anybody has documented what was there...not much online.

Mike

[Stuartw]

Yep, def no cheeky arse scrounger here mate

I'm a ex serviceman, have a service disability pension and work my arse off to manage to pay rent. No affordable housing or local authority stuff on tap for me. Iirc affordable housing down south equates to something like 250k+

[misterlaffer]

The announced closures:
Royal Marines Condor Airfield, near Arbroath, Scotland
HMS Nelson Wardroom, Portsmouth
Royal Marines Stonehouse, Plymouth
The Royal Citadel, Plymouth
HMS Sultan, Gosport
Chivenor airfield and barracks, near Barnstaple, Devon
Norton Manor Camp, Somerset
Buckley Barracks, Wiltshire
Chalgrove airfield, Chalgrove, Oxford
Copthorne barracks, Shrewsbury
Somerset barracks, near Cheriton Kent
Abercorn barracks, Ballykinler in County Down, Northern Ireland
Craigiehall, Cramond, Scotland
Catterick town centre parcel, North Yorkshire
Harden Barracks (Duchess of Kent Psychiatric Hospital), Catterick, North Yorkshire
Burgoyne Barracks, Shepway, Kent
Claro Barracks, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Fitzwygram House (Royal Army Veterinary Corps Centre), Aldershot
Commander and staff trainer (North), Catterick, North Yorkshire
Cavalry barracks, Hounslow, London
Kneller Hall, Whitton, London
Parsons barracks, Donnington
Prince William of Gloucester barracks, near Grantham Lincolnshire
St George's barracks, North Luffenham, Rutland
Venning barracks, Donnington, Telford, Shropshire
Middlewick ranges, near Colchester
Chilwell station, Nottingham
Queen Elizabeth barracks, Strensall, North Yorkshire
Sir John Moore barracks, Winchester
Towthorpe Lines, Towthorpe, York
Thornhill barracks, Aldershot
Clive barracks, Ternhill, Shropshire
Fulwood barracks, Preston, Lancashire
Kinnegar logistic base, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland
Meadowforth barracks (HQ 51 Highland Brigade), Sterling, Scotland
Redford cavalry barracks, Colinton, Edinburgh
Redford infantry barracks, Colinton, Edinburgh
Dale barracks, Upton near Chester
Aldershot distribution outlet
Cawdor barracks, Haverfordwest, Wales
Leighton House (ASOB Westbury), Westbury, Wiltshire
Southwick Park, Fareham
Brecon barracks
Beachley barracks, close to Chepstow, Wales
Invicta Park barracks, Maidstone, Kent
MOD Woodbridge (Rock barracks), Suffolk
St David's barracks, Graven Hill, Bicester
Vauxhall barracks, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Woolwich station, London
Buckley barracks (Hullavington barracks), Wiltshire
Dalton barracks, including Abingdon airfield, Oxfordshire
Azimghur barracks, Colerne, Wiltshire
Carver barracks, Saffron Walden, Essex
Dishforth barracks, North Yorkshire
Imphal barracks, Fulford, York
Robertson barracks, Norfolk
Fort George, near Inverness, Scotland
Glencorse barracks, Scotland
Swansea airport, Fairwood Common, Swansea
Moat House, Reading
Newtonards airfield, County Down, Northern Ireland
RAF Colerne airfield, Wiltshire
RAF Henlow technical site and airfield, Bedfordshire
1300 Parkway, Bristol
RAF Barnham, Norfolk
RAF Mildenhall, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
RAF Halton airfield, Buckinghamshire
RAF Molesworth, Old Weston, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
RAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Amport House, Andover, Hampshire
Defence Geographic Centre, Feltham
Ministry of Defence Police Wethershield/Wethershield airfield, Essex
Defence Business Services finance, Liverpool
DBS Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
DBS Tomlinson House, Norcross, Blackpool, Lancashire
Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Aldershot
Lodge Hill, Chattenden, Kent
DIO Warrington
DIO head office, Sutton Coldfield
Deverell barracks, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Fort Blockhouse, Gosport
Athena House, Swindon
MOD Caledonia, Dunfermline, Scotland
Clayton barracks, Aldershot


Understand what you are saying mike but it is the tip of an iceberg within a few years this lot will be gone also.

Anyway if we had all the old airfields we would not have much to put there.

D

What a pity. They would all make bloody good asylum and immigration processing centres. Give the new residents a can of paint, brush and a training video with re runs of DIY SOS in 45 different subtitled languages and bobs your uncle. Who needs a lottery grant and affordable housing eh? (thumbs)

[dodursley]

Filton,Bristol where Brabazon, Concorde and many other aircraft were built is disappearing under housing and retail park although the hangers are still being used and it seems that a museum will finally be built to house the last Concorde.
Saw the first UK Concorde take off from there and the last one land there.