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Report - RAF Church Fenton - July 2015.

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jST

LLS.
Regular User
A long disused Royal Air Force base. Runways and hangers etc are still in use by private planes and there's a control tower, fire service and other bits and pieces still live. I'd missed out on the LLS Xmas family visit here in 2012 due to an extreme hangover and at the time of Cregg & I's visit this summer, there were chaps dismantling a couple of the hangars, unsure of the current state of play.

The site itself was extremely overgrown and difficult to navigate around including 'finding' open manholes hiding in the undergrowth.

Most of the buildings are completely empty, a little bit trashed and slightly repetitive. However there are a few gems and I feel a revisit is required to photograph the shelters (which as of late November I still haven't done due to having zero time.)

We'll start off with the large Mirrlees diesel backup generator.

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Moving on to the canteen & kitchens

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Dancehall / Bar

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Rooms and dormitories:

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Water tower & pumps

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And the view from the top of the tower with Eggborough & Drax in the distance:

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BoroLad

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Nice :D
Need to re visit the place... Will try not to pass out and vomit this time!
 

mookster

grumpy sod
Regular User
Plans submitted for 119 new Bellway houses on this part of the Church Fenton base, alongside the recent planning approval for the new creative industries 'Create Yorkshire' centre next to the adjacent airfield.

Bellway: http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/york...0-new-homes-at-former-raf-church-fenton-base?

Create Yorkshire: https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/pla...ws/planning-for-creative-hub-yorkshire/55021/

Expect swift site clearance.

Damn, Bellway don't muck about either.

This was probably my favourite base I've visited over the last few years too.
 
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