Honeybourne
Major
| Also known as: | Honeybourne Aerodrome / Honeybourne Airfield Trading Estate / No 107 Storage Sub-Site / RAF Honeybourne / RAF Station, Honeybourne / Two Shires Park Industrial Estate / Weston Industrial Estate |
| County: | Worcestershire |
| Current Status: | Housing / Farmland (main position) / Industry (main position) |
| Date: | October 1941 - 15 November 1947; subsequent winch launched gliding use |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / Civil (winch launched gliding use) |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Aircraft preparation/storage / Communications / General aviation (winch launched gliding use) / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Advanced Marketing Services Ltd
- Andy Removals & Storage
- B & T Services
- Blast It
- Budget Skips
- CRH Plant
- Custom Coach Trimming
- Davart Fasteners
- Dave Forrester
- E J Removals & Storage
- Elision UK Limited
- Equatech Equine Laundry
- Fine Furniture Design
- George Willcox (Granite) Ltd
- Gold Cars Ltd
- Goodflex Rubber Company Ltd
- Granite Planet
- Hodgys
- Honeybourne Parish Council
- Huckfield Robin
- I D S Transport
- Johnson Bros Compounding Ltd
- Kevin Brotherton
- Knight Provisions Ltd
- L&J Rider Training
- M R Services
- Martin Galt Transport Ltd
- Pepe Garden Furniture Ltd
- Phoenix Steel Fabrications
- Porky's Diner
- R&C Metals
- Rallyschool (rallyschool.co.uk)
- Revolution Event Services Ltd
- Walsh Mushrooms
- Weston-sub-Edge Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
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No 8 MU
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No 21 OTU
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No 24 OTU
- No 828 Defence Sqn
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No 1425 (Communication) Flight
- No 2828 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Ferry Training Unit
- Station Flight, Honeybourne
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Worcestershire GC
Aerial view of Honeybourne airfield, c. 1982. © Dave Welch.
Hangars at Honeybourne, 12 September 2005.
Farm buildings on one of the runways at Honeybourne, 19 March 2011.
One of the runways at Honeybourne, 19 March 2011.
Weston Industrial Estate, including former airfield buildings, at Honeybourne, 19 June 2011.
RAF Honeybourne in June 2016. Courtesy of 1tothirtysix
Footage of Honeybourne, 2021. Courtesy of Exploring with Dan
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