spadeadam

This report is about Colinski Airfield located within RAF Spadeadam. As the Airfield only makes up a small part of the 9,000 acre facility, which incorporates other disused areas, it seems only right to name it accordingly. Colinski Airfield is 3 mock crushed stone runways arranged in a...

September 2024 On a trip to up north with @Mr Budge and @MotionlessMike we decided to pay a visit to RAF Spadeadam, little did not know how hard this would be. Satellite images showed a simple walk across fields from the car. This part of northern England seemed easy, but it was not. Thick...

History A bit of history taken from the RAF’s site. RAF Spadeadam's first connection with modern defence came in the late 1950s when it was chosen as the site of the test establishment for the 'Blue Streak', Britain's intended Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). Until then, the area...

First off I know this has been covered a million time but I’ve always wanted to visit! Thankfully we picked a really clear day to go yesterday and I couldn’t be happier with how the day went. Also massive thank you to Bobdobina for the help as well! There is a direct path that takes you to the...

My first ever post! (i’m sure i’ll manage to do something wrong) i know this place has been covered to death and others will do a much better history of explaining the site and especially this area in particular known as “Collinski Airfield” the walk to the site was extremely boggy and over...

RAF Spadeadam RAF Spadeadam is an active Royal Air Force station in Cumbria, close to the border of Northumbria. Covering 9,000 acres, it is the largest RAF base in the United Kingdom. It is currently used as an Electronic Warfare Tactics Range, to train the Royal Air Force and NATO allies...

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...

Plenty of reports on this but I never tire of seeing them so here’s mine. Used as a mock airfield for nearby RAF Spadeadam, this place was an absolute bastard to get to and possibly the only time you’re guaranteed to get a girl wet by showing her abandoned cold war airplanes. So much of a...

If watermarks upset you please move on to another post. The site now known as RAF Spadeadam was originally developed in the 1950's as Spadeadam Rocket Establishment, a static testing site for the Blue Streak Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile. Though the site was owned by the Ministry of...

History: Taken from the RAF website: 'AF Spadeadam, located in Cumbria, is the only Electronic Warfare Tactics facility in Europe where aircrews can practice manoeuvres and tactics against a variety of threats and targets that they face in contemporary warfare. The facility attracts aircraft...

First post to the site, I have been trying to explore as much as possible! After seeing a few others had been to Spadeadam I wanted to see it for myself it’s helps being quite close to it.

Decided to take a drive down to RAF Spadeadam and take some photos and a video

History RAF Spadeadam is an active Royal Air Force station in Cumbria, close to the border of Northumbria. Covering 9,000 acres, it is the largest RAF base in the United Kingdom. It is currently used as an Electronic Warfare Tactics Range, to train the Royal Air Force and NATO allies. It is...