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Macmerry (Tranent)

Major
Also known as: MacMerry (misspelling) / Macmerry Aerodrome / Macmerry Business Park / Macmerry Industrial Estate / McMerry (misspelling) / RAF Macmerry / Satellite Park
County: East Lothian
Current Status: Farmland / Industry / Leisure activity
Date: June 1934 - May 1953
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / FAA / Civil

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • 2Circles Consulting
  • Advanced Arctic Spas
  • Allied Healthcare Group
  • Ancroft Tractors Ltd
  • Animals 1st Macmerry Surgery
  • C & R Joinery Ltd
  • CELLAC UK
  • City Heating Spares
  • David James Bathrooms
  • DMI Precision Engineering Ltd
  • Dunedin Stone Ltd
  • East Coast Skips
  • George Anderson & Sons
  • Had-Fab Ltd
  • Hart Builders Edinburgh Ltd
  • Horse and Outdoor
  • Lothian Building Supplies Ltd
  • Lothian Tractors Ltd
  • Macmerry & Gladsmuir Community Council
  • Macmerry Pet and Horse Centre Ltd
  • Media 16 Ltd
  • Optima Enclosures Ltd
  • Raceland
  • Ralph Plastics
  • Recycling First
  • Robop Ltd
  • Sunamp Ltd
  • T. & J. Wallace Repair & Recovery Ltd
  • Weber Packaging Solutions

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

  • Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 3 EGS / S3 EGS

  • No 3 GS

  • No 13 Sqn

  • No 58 OTU

  • No 63 Sqn

  • No 132 (Coastal) OTU

  • No 225 Sqn

  • No 241 Sqn
  • No 263 Sqn
  • No 607 Sqn

  • No 614 Sqn

  • No 740 Sqn

  • No 1318 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment
  • No 1497 (TT) Flight

  • No 2737 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2830 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2949 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • Edinburgh Flying Club

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Entrance to Macmerry Business Park, 25 June 2019.

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Entrance to Macmerry Industrial Estate, 25 June 2019.

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North-east section of perimeter track at Macmerry, 25 June 2019.

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Support building on north-east edge of Macmerry, looking west toward Hoprig Mains, 25 June 2019.

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North-east section of perimeter track at Macmerry, looking to the south-west with A1 road in background, 25 June 2019.

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Closed Raceland karting centre on eastern edge of Macmerry, 25 June 2019.

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Support building at Macmerry, 25 June 2019.

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Air-raid shelter at Macmerry, 25 June 2019.

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Support building and (to rear) pillbox at Macmerry, 25 June 2019.

A history of Macmerry. Courtesy of Discover East Lothian

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Drem / East Fortune

Associated Airfield(s):

Turnhouse

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