Wheat, Hinton Airfield, Charlton
Introduction
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Wheat, Hinton Airfield, Charlton
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 2 Jun 2010
Some former wartime airfields become disused such as RAF Broadwell http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/311773 but this one lives on as a private airfield. 'The land was bought by the Harrison family in 1924 and taken from them to build the World War II airfield in 1939. It came back in the Harrison family hands in 1963 and the airfield activities were carried on in a small way, building to what is here now – gliding, parachuting and private aviation.' http://www.hintonairfield.co.uk/ Suitable areas of land not needed for aviation activities are used for arable purposes.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.026172
Longitude
-1.212482