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History Thurleigh (pronounced "thur-lie") was built for RAF Bomber Command in 1940 by W & C French Ltd. 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Thurleigh on farmland between the farms of Buryfields, Bletsoe Park, Manor, and Whitwickgreen. It was eventually modified to Air Ministry Class A...

This is down the road from me, yet I've never really bothered doing a proper explore until now... was a snowy day again, much like my explore of RAF Culmhead (Here), had a soundtrack of some cars cocking about on the snow for the entire visit. It is mostly open to the public, except for the...

Introduction Me and @Wastelandr have been saying for a while we would meet up and have a revisit to RAF Rivenhall so a few weekends ago we did this and a couple of other sites. I have only covered small bits of it in the past so it was nice to spend a bit more time there. Information & HIstory...

I've been trying to track down all the disused RAF airfields that are relatively close to me, and these two are very close together, so going to cover them in one report. This is mainly because there's very little at Upottery except for the runway and control tower, but it's still interesting...

Met up with @URBANSKYE to look at two completely different sites. We spent an solid hour or so trying to find an entry point to both these sites before giving up. I then realised that RAF North Pickenham was down the road, well, what was left of it. So, we made our way down there and just seemed...

Not really sure if this qualifies as Urbex or not, as you can just drive onto the runways... Probably private, but fair game with no signs or fences 🤷🏻‍♂️ Can't beat an old RAF airfield, and this one hasn't been posted much or recently. It was my first proper outing with the drone too, so...

History - RAF Calveley was planned as a night fighter base for the defence of the cities of the industrial North West, such as Manchester and Liverpool. It was to perform as a satellite to the day fighter base at Atcham (Shrewsbury) in the Ternhill Sector, but by the time the Airfield was...

This was a small WW2 explore as we had a free morning and it's not to far from us. I'm fascinated by all thing WW2 so while there wasn't a massive amount to see what was left was interesting. History - The site at Cranage was chosen for use as a training station and aircraft maintenance unit...

Date: 09 May 2021 0600hrs. Just wanted to share my pictures of this as I haven’t seen many threads regarding this site. You can find out the history behind it pretty easy but not many photos - especially information around Russian Hide people tend to miss! So here are my pictures featuring my...

History RAF Church Fenton was a former RAF station located 4.3 miles south east of Tadcaster, near the village of Church Fenton. The station was opened in 1937 and during the Second World War was home to air defence aircraft, a role retained by the station until the 1960s when it became a...

Not to get this confused with the VERY active part of RAF Wittering then its a great explore, just keeps giving. It was built in 1955 as a remote weapons store and during the cold war it even held nuclear bombs. I love the vibe this place gives off whether its a wet cold rainy day or a bright...

RAF Upwood (Night time) This was one of my first introductions to exploring abandoned places, I had previously seen it in the day light but me and my friend went on a spontaneous trip here at night time. This allows a different perspective of it and to get more of an eerie vibe. There was no...

RAF Upwood (Day time) I feel there is no need to go into the history of RAF Upwood as it is so well known. It is currently being torn down which is a shame because it had such a large impact when I first explored it and really made me get into urbexing so it will always have a special place in...

The airfield at Grafton Underwood was opened in 1941 In the 1945 film The Way To The Stars, footage of B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 384th landing and taking off in April and May 1945 was filmed at RAF Grafton Underwood After being decommissioned the air field was used to house military...

I was hoping to explore the rest of RAF Long Marsden but we ran into a few builders, we asked if it was okay for us to go and have a look at the Martin B-26 Marauder and they agreed as long as we stayed in sight. If anyone could tell me some information about this plane I would be very grateful...

History: RAF Newton is a former Royal Air Force station located 7 miles east of Nottingham and was built in 1939. It was used briefly as a bomber base for squadrons to re-equip after the Battle of France and then as a flying training school during the Second World War and beyond until 2000 when...

Explore: Finding a spot to park was harder then gaining access to the abandoned RAF Thurleigh base, there are active parts attached at the edge however you can entre discretely and unnoticed. The main runway is used as storage for 15,000 unsold/unwanted cars and many of these have been sat...

This was my first night time explore. Do I have to name the base? I'm hoping not because I want to return at some point. Okay have altered the report title, as suggested. Thanks for the input folks. I know this is a famous abandoned anyway. Raynham was built in 1939 and used up until 1994 by...

I know this has been done a million times, but it’s the first time I’ve personally visited the airfield. It was so great to see some of the aircraft up close again! I was brought up in a military family so I was very use to being in and around air craft from a young age. My father even used to...

Hi All I just got back into urban exploring and took a day visit to RAF Upwood, also being into video production along with drones with a strong background in photography I made a video and wanted to share with all. This site is due to be demolished very soon!!! Now I am planning to male more...