| The remains of Folkingham airfield are located about 10 miles South-East of Grantham (10 miles North of Bourne) about 2.5 miles West of the A15 between the villages of Folkingham and Aslackby.
The station was open between 1940-1963 and was originally a "decoy" site, before being redeveloped in 1943 as a proper bomber airfield. The station was later turned into Thor missile base in 1959, but finally closed when Thor missiles were taken out of service in 1963. After its closure, the site was briefly used by the British Motor Racing Company as a test circuit for their cars, but after they moved out most of the site was bulldozed and turned back into farmland. Today, the Northern part of the old airfield has almost entirely reverted to agriculture, with most of the runways and peri-tracks removed. The Southern part however is mostly intact in this respect and is used as a vehicle store for "Nelson Green & Sons". A gun club also uses part of the old site as a clay pigeon range. Very few buildings remain, although a few traces can still be found around the old site. Most notably an old B1 hanger and the fire pool pump house on the North-West side. There are several public footpaths that go up to the edge of the old airfield, which allowed me to take some of these photos, however if you're thinking of visiting this site please note that there is no actual public right of way across the airfield itself. |
Former main airfield entrance on the East side of the field at the end of Aveland Way 535x400 |
Old firepool on the West side of the airfield (me on right) 535x400 |
Inside the old pump house 535x400 |
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Me emerging from the old firepool pumphouse 535x400 |
Remaining B1 hanger (partially re-clad) on NW side of airfield, with old rifle range to right of photo 535x400 |
Remains of East-West runway, taken from the West side of airfield looking East 535x400 |
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Remains of former main North-South runway, taken from the centre of the airfield looking North 535x400 |
Former main North-South runway, taken from the centre of the airfield looking South 535x401 |
Former Bloodhound missile silo, with blast walls 535x400 |
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Entrance to bomb stores in Temple Wood, on East side of Airfield 535x400 |
Overgrown bomb loading ramp 535x400 |
Me stood in front of one of the many overgrown bomb loading ramps (dig the shorts, it was rather warm that day). 535x400 |
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Peri track on South-East side of airfield, leading from the bomb stores to the South of the airfield 535x400 |
