Macmerry (Tranent)
| Also known as: | MacMerry (misspelling) / Macmerry Aerodrome / Macmerry Business Park / Macmerry Industrial Estate / McMerry (misspelling) / RAF Macmerry / RAF Station, Macmerry / RAF Tranent / Satellite Park / Tranent Aerodrome |
| County: | East Lothian |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Industry / Leisure activity / Public road |
| 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:
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No 3 EGS / S3 EGS
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No 3 GS
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No 13 Sqn
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No 58 OTU
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No 63 Sqn
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No 132 (Coastal) OTU
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No 225 Sqn
- No 241 Sqn
- No 263 Sqn
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No 607 Sqn
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No 614 Sqn
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No 740 Sqn
- No 1318 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment
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No 1497 (TT) Flight
- No 2737 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2830 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2949 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Edinburgh Flying Club
- Station Flight, Macmerry
Entrance to Macmerry Business Park, 25 June 2019.
Entrance to Macmerry Industrial Estate, 25 June 2019.
North-east section of perimeter track at Macmerry, 25 June 2019.
Support building on north-east edge of Macmerry, looking west toward Hoprig Mains, 25 June 2019.
North-east section of perimeter track at Macmerry, looking to the south-west with A1 road in background, 25 June 2019.
Closed Raceland karting centre on eastern edge of Macmerry, 25 June 2019.
Support building at Macmerry, 25 June 2019.
Air-raid shelter at Macmerry, 25 June 2019.
Support building and (to rear) pillbox at Macmerry, 25 June 2019.
A history of Macmerry. Courtesy of Discover East Lothian
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