A Circular Walk of BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT | Kent

Along with my buddy Al, I am taking a 4.5 Mile Circular Walk around the famous Biggin Hill Airport in Kent. This is part of the ‘Leaves Green Circular Walk’ as we explore some of the history of the Airport and its wartime connections. One of the first Airports in the World, it was formerly a Royal Air Force station ‘RAF Biggin Hill’ and a small enclave on the Airport still retains that designation. Biggin Hill is best known for its role during The Battle of Britain in the Second World War when it served as one of the principal Fighter Bases protecting London and the South East of England from attack by German Luftwaffe Bombers.
Recorded: Monday 25th May 2020
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[@DannyTP1888]

Thanks Marq, you have been blessed with the weather on recent walks.

[@MarqEnglish]

Yes, we've been very lucky Danny.

[@DannyTP1888]

@@MarqEnglish Not as nice today sadly as I prepare to walk along the Hogsmill river in Ewell with my dog.

[@MarqEnglish]

@@DannyTP1888 Yes, it's rather horrendous out there today :(

[@Scottie1210]

Another enjoyable vid Marq especially with the WW2 history !! Keep up the good work

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks very much. Appreciated

[@samogilvie1241]

Hey cool video! Don’t normally look at clogging videos! But lol interesting as this my hometown! Btw I’ve been round them old buildings too! And inside the airport fences! There are old bunkers inside those fences at 4:31 Plus that old building is where they stored ammo I think you’ll find!!

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks for the info.

[@wildstagadventures]

Great video guys, my stomping ground, in fact you walked right past my house and field just before you got to the road!! The buildings that are on west camp, I think Al said they are to be demolished is not 100% correct. They are privately owned and are slowing be restorated externally to look in keeping with the RAF style from the era. Another great fact is that ground to air communication was developed at biggin!! Thanks guys!!

[@MarqEnglish]

Many thanks for the extra information, much appreciated.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Sam for the information.

[@MrGreatplum]

900 subscribers! Congratulations! Love those old buildings seemingly forgotten in the woods.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Matthew, slowly getting there.

[@philwebb4350]

@@MarqEnglish There is actually a complete bomb shelter behind the bomb shelter with the front blown off. the first building you came too was for chickens in ww2 for eggs. We used to kip in there as kids

[@MarqEnglish]

@@philwebb4350 Thanks for that Info Phil.

[@philwebb4350]

@@MarqEnglish no probs and thanks for a good video

[@MarqEnglish]

@@philwebb4350 You're welcome.

[@vinnie.andreatta]

Hey Marq...saw you today at Lookout Cafe. Didnt know was you...as I just found your channel late in the night today. Nice videos!!!

[@MarqEnglish]

Oh wow, how about that? What are the chances...

[@fanderson3361]

Hi Mark, thanks for uploading the video, wondered where the llamas are located? Thanks

[@MarqEnglish]

The Llamas were just before coming out of a pathway into a housing estate just north of the Airport. I can't recall the name of the Street.

[@fanderson3361]

Thanks Marq!

[@rogercheeseman]

What you called the museum behind the gate guardians, was and still is St Georges Chapel of remembrance ( 8.02). The long coloured building was originally the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (7.51). Opposite Vulcan close you can see the back end of the Station Medical Centre,(8.39), with the decontamination centre entrance next door is the old naafi. Before the coloured building was the Station Headquarters (7.43) Hope that clarifies a couple of points. I was stationed there 1968-69 and 1970-71.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks very much for the information. Really helpful and appreciated.

[@rogercheeseman]

@@MarqEnglish your welcome.

[@maydayvlogs1977]

Thanks for the vedio 👍

[@lizwilliams14]

Makes me rather homesick. All those lovely walks through the countryside. People have only been living in Regina since 1882. That is where I live in Canada. (Quite a change from Purley). Before that it was just prairie. So it’s mostly huge farms once you get outside the city. Some old really pretty farmyards but not many country walks.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Liz....

[@Mikeyp1054]

Not such a brilliant place to live now

[@JamieBoy-ij2ri]

Have you ever explored Croydon Airport site like Beddington airfields, roundshaw estate and the playing fields nearby

[@MarqEnglish]

It's in the works Jamie and was chatting about this the other day.

[@davidbooth3285]

There was a Vulcan Bomber,part of the post war V bomber program,when we led the World in aviation! What happened?

[@MarqEnglish]

Interesting...