Burscough
| Also known as: | Burscough Car Boot Sale / Burscough Industrial Estate / Higgins Lane Industrial Estate / HMS Ringtail / RN Air Station, Burscough / RNAS Burscough / Swordfish Business Park |
| County: | Lancashire |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Industry |
| Date: | 1 September 1943 - circa 1957; subsequent minor use |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | FAA (main user) / Civil (minor use) |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | General aviation (minor use) / Naval aviation (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):
- A Touch Of Lace
- A Williams
- Acumen Financial Partnership Ltd
- Alan Grice Staircase Co Ltd
- Apex Fabrications
- Artisan Foodworks
- Ashworth Holdings Ltd
- Baby Dan UK
- Bachy Soletanche Limited
- Barry Cheetham & Co
- Basic Metals
- Brett Martin
- Brewer & Turnbull
- Burscough Library
- Burscough Parish Council
- Byzak Ltd
- Caunce Sawmills Limited
- Chemprint Ltd
- Clarke & Pulman Ltd
- Clayton Commercials Ltd
- Creative Hub
- CRI Ltd
- Direct 4 Baby Limited
- Drome Storage Co Ltd
- European Wood Products Ltd
- Evans Engineering North West Ltd
- Firwood Timber & Plywood Co Ltd
- Fish Finatics
- Frese Ltd
- Frostkool Ltd
- Fuel Injection Services
- FWS Supplies Ltd
- Globemile Ltd
- H B Tools (Ormskirk) Ltd
- Hafez & Jones Ltd
- Hallmark Flowers
- Haskayne Engineering
- Hopwells Ltd
- Hylands Packaging Ltd
- Jet Document Storage Ltd
- Lathom & Burscough Military Heritage Society
- Les Grice Joiner & Cabinet Maker
- Merlin's Bakery Cafe
- MGA Controls Ltd
- Monica's Cafe
- Motobuild
- One Eye Solutions
- P&A Projects Ltd
- Parker Hannifin Manufacturing ltd
- Pet & Garden Paraphernalia
- Polski Ltd
- Pre Print Digital ltd
- Quality Print Services Ltd
- Redmen Solutions Ltd
- Regalcare Showertrays Ltd
- Renacres Food Services
- Ringtail Engineering Ltd
- Ringtail Garage Ltd
- Riteway Precision Components Ltd
- Safety Control & Supplies Ltd
- Shad Group
- Signature Lifestyles
- Specialised Roofing Services
- Swifts Garage
- T&H Power Products
- Technical Building Services
- Telecare Video Protection Services Ltd
- The Concrete Co
- The Mullwood Wine Co
- The Snack Bar
- Tony Williams Transport
- Tradewinds Flooring Materials
- Trax Hydraulics
- Twinbridge Engineering Co
- Ultragraph
- Unifactor Autoparts Ltd
- Unit 8 Motorsport Systems
- Vibro Menard
- Xpress Auto Parts
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Southport Model Aero Club
Main unit(s) present:
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3rd Naval Fighter Wing
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4th Naval Fighter Wing
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6th Naval Fighter Wing
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No 707 Sqn
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No 735 Sqn
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No 737 Sqn
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No 758 Sqn
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No 772 Sqn
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No 776 Sqn
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No 784 Sqn
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No 787 Sqn
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No 798 Sqn
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No 802 Sqn
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No 807 Sqn
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No 808 Sqn
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No 809 Sqn
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No 810 Sqn
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No 812 Sqn
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No 813 Sqn
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No 822 Sqn
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No 823 Sqn
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No 824 Sqn
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No 825 Sqn
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No 829 Sqn
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No 831 Sqn
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No 835 Sqn
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No 846 Sqn
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No 850 Sqn
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No 879 Sqn
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No 881 Sqn
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No 886 Sqn
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No 887 Sqn
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No 888 Sqn
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No 894 Sqn
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No 896 Sqn
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No 897 Sqn
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No 1770 Sqn
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No 1771 Sqn
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No 1772 Sqn
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No 1790 Sqn
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No 1791 Sqn
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No 1820 Sqn
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No 1836 Sqn
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No 1837 Sqn
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No 1838 Sqn
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No 1840 Sqn
- Station Flight, Burscough
A hangar at Burscough, 16 July 2013.
Footage showing Burscough, c.1970. Courtesy of Michael Dawson
Footage of Burscough Airfield between 1970 and 1992. Courtesy of Michael Dawson
Footage of Burscough, May 1993. Courtesy of 1tothirtysix
Aerial footage of development at Burscough, 20 March 2015. Courtesy of Icarus UAV
Plan of Burscough, c. late 1940s. © Royal Navy Research Archive. Click here for more information.
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