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Woodford, Cheshire

Woodford
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21 July 1925
25 August 2011
Development Land / Housing / Museum
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16 February 2016
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www.avroheritagemuseum.co.uk

AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of Woodford Aerodrome


AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersal 01


AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersal 02


AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Engine Running Site


AIRFIELD SITE : Avro Hangar


AIRFIELD SITE : Brown Zone


AIRFIELD SITE : Compass Platform


AIRFIELD SITE : Emergency Water Supply


AIRFIELD SITE : Factory Hangar


AIRFIELD SITE : Hangar


AIRFIELD SITE : Holding Point 'B'


AIRFIELD SITE : Instrument Landing System (ILS)


AIRFIELD SITE : Main Entrance & Guard House


AIRFIELD SITE : Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) Lights


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 02/20


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 08/26


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway Crossing Traffic Lights


AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways


AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown 01


AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown 02


AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown 03


MEMORIAL SITE : David W Moore Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : Roy Chadwick Grave


MEMORIAL SITE : Sir Roy Hardy Dobson Grave


MEMORIAL SITE : Sir Roy Hardy Dobson Memorial


MISCELLANEOUS : Aviation Related Road Names

The following road names are documented using google maps, the aviation links are yet to be confirmed on all the listed road names, the supected links are listed. If anyone has any further information to support any of the road names, please get in touch.
​Appleford Close
Ashton Close
Avro Crescent
Beaumont Crescent
Boulton Avenue
Browning Lane
Bulman Close
Burford Court
Chadwick Avenue
Derry Lane
Dobson Lane
Everett Drive
Fairey Drive
Fillingham Way
Fulmar Road
Garland Street
Glasson Close
Griffon Lane
Halford Court
Hampden Crescent
Hangar Crescent
Hawker Road
Lancastrian Way
Lincoln Court
Lovell Avenue
Mannock Street
Merlin Close
Nash Close
Nettleton Lane
Nicholson Avenue
Nimrod Grove
Oldland Close
Orrell Crescent
Ossington Lane
Palmer Avenue
Pierse Street
Pilot Court
Proctor Crescent
Richards Street
Ringway Avenue
Saunders Roe Way
Selkirk Road
Swales Crescent
Thompson Close
Verdon Roe Avenue
Vulcan Close
Waight Close
Walker Grove
Whittington Road
Wilfrid Lane
Woodhouse Crescent
Woodward Avenue
York Gardens
Named after Alexander N Robin L Appleford, one of 'The Few'.
Named after the Avro Ashton aircraft.
Named after the Avro aircraft company.
Named after Roland Prosper 'Bee' Beamont.
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Named after Roy Chadwick.
Named after test pilot John Derry.
Named after Sir Roy Hardy Dobson.
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Named after theFairey Aviation Company.
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Nmaed after Donald Edward Garland VC.
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Named after the Handley Page Hamden aircraft.
Named after the airfield Hangars.
Named after Lanoe George Hawker VC.
Named after the Avro Lancastrian aircraft.
Named after the Avro Lincoln aircraft.
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Named after Edward Corringham 'Mick' Mannock VC.
Named after the Rolls Royce Merlin aircraft engine.
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Named after John Dering Nettleton VC.
Named after James Brindley Eric Nicolson VC.
Named after the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod aircraft.
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Named after Frederick William Palmer VC.
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Named to remember the Pilots who flew from Woodford.
Named after Arthur Herbert Procter VC.
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Named after Ringway Aerodrome (Now Manchester Aiport).
Named after Saunders Roe Ltd.
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Named after Edwin 'Ted' Essery Swales VC.
Named aftr George Thompson VC.
Named after Alliott Verdon Roe.
Named after the Avro Vulcan aircraft.
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Named after the Avro York aircraft.

MUSEUM SITE : Avro Heritage Museum

The Avro Heritage Museum is housed in what was the airfield fire station.
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All photos taken by Richard E Flagg unless stated otherwise.
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