Seven years on and this website is just one of a growing number that host information and images of former wartime airfields. Other airfield enthusiasts have hosted histories, and images online in an effort to educate and inform others of airfields in their area. So enjoy what is left, because by looking really carefully, quite a lot can be found and understood of their former existance. But each year that passes, a little more is removed forever, until one day nothing will remain. For their four or five years of operational use, these temporary airfields were home to hundreds of air and ground crews from all over the world including Great Britain, the Commonwealth countries, and the United States of America.

In most cases, after the war was over they were abandoned, and quickly fell into disrepair. Many of the buildings were removed, if no other use could be found for them . The miles of concrete from the perimeter tracks and runways, was lifted, over time, to supply the hardcore-hungry roadbuilding market, thus releasing land, once more, to be put back under the plough.

It is a shame to see these once proud places, slowly being eradicated from the British landscape. To me, they are probably, just as important a part of Englands heritage as a castle, or old battlefield. For, in reality, battlefields they once were. An army of personnel manned the various services, that provided the support, to make them funcional and, of course, not forgetting the aircrew that failed to return from the missions flown, or groundcrew involved in accidents on the ground. Fast turning propellors claimed quite a few personnel at many airfields while working in close proximity to the aircraft themselves.

Many of these airfields have almost disappeared from sight now, in most cases the wide runways and perimeter tracks, are just mere pathways of a few feet wide. From the air, it is still possible to 'see' the outline of them, but not everyone has the chance to view them in this way. So, like most,they resort to foot in an effort to explore...

If you intend to see for yourself the remains of these airfields, try to adhere to a few basic points. Most farmers are familiar with the history of the land they work, and many will understand the interest generated by an old wartime airfield, the last thing they want is people walking through crops, or grazing land for livestock. Use common sense when visiting any of the airfields listed here, or anywhere else. Please remember that these airfields are located on someones land. If you do plan to visit, please gain permission to enter, or, alternatively, use any public rights of way that may exist across these former airfields. CLOSE behind you, any gates that you open. DO NOT drop litter.DO NOT park your vehicle blocking access to fields or farms, and, DO NOT attempt to drive across private land.