| Named after the village a mile to the South-West, some 10 miles South of Grantham, East of the A1 and South of the A151, RAF North Witham opened in 1943 and was primarily used as an Army air-force troop carrier base by the US army.
Post war the airfield was no longer needed for flying so, from 1945 onwards it was used to store additional bombs by the personnel at South Witham as well as surplus equipment that had been earmarked for disposal. The site eventually closed in 1958 and was disposed of in 1960. Today the site is now woodland run by the forestry commission and is called Twyford Woods, which is open to the public. The old runways and perimeter tracks are still mostly intact, except for where the Southern half is dissected by Honeypot lane, which had to be closed during the war years. The old control tower still exists, standing derelict on the airfield. The technical site, which was based around Honeypot lane, has been demolished, with the exception of one T2 hanger, which now forms part of a small industrial estate. The former domestic sites, based in woods to the South, between Honeypot lane and Wooleys lane, have apparently been demolished. However it is not possible to photograph these as they’re on private property. The old water tower can still be seen at the edge of the woods South of Honeypot lane. |
The sites new name. 700x525 |
Entrance North of site. 700x525 |
Looking down the East-side peri-track. 700x525 |
Looking West down the former W-E runway. 700x525 |
Looking SW down the NE-SW runway from where it crosses the W-E runway. 700x525 |
Most of the runway sections retain their original width (Jay to the left). 700x525 |
The old watch-tower, hidden in the trees. 700x525 |
Old ident square in the trees in front of tower. 700x525 |
The derilict watch tower. 700x525 |
Watch tower, side view. 700x525 |
Watch tower, rear view. 700x525 |
View through the rear door. 700x525 |
Chambers underneath tower. 700x525 |
Partially demolished steps on the right side of tower. 700x525 |
Surviving T2 hanger, on industrial estate behind tower. 700x525 |
I beleive this ramp on the runway was a post war addition from when the site was being used as a bomb store. 700x525 |
Is this a hut base foundation on the runway? 700x525 |
Looking up the main N-S runway. 700x525 |
Looking back up the NE-SW runway (me in background). 700x475 |
Bomb loading ramps in the former airfield bomb stores. 700x525 |
Bomb loading ramps in the former airfield bomb stores. 700x525 |
This hardstanding was the continuation of the main N-S runway where it used to cross on Honeypot lane. 700x525 |
Witham specialist vehicles are based on where the old tech-site used to be. The surviving T2 is in their compound. 700x525 |
Airifeld water tank, off Honey pot lane. 700x525 |
