STRATUS PHOTOGRAPHY - Woodford Aerodrome (Disused)

Flight around the former Woodford Aerodrome, near Woodford, UK. Filmed with a DJI drone. This was the home and birthplace of the Avro Lancaster and Vulcan aircraft, and recently BAe Systems.
Unfortunately the airfield is now closed and is slowly being dismantled and turned into a large housing estate. The eastern end of the Runway still exists (for now!), and the restored Vulcan airframe now sits outside the Vulcan Heritage museum.
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[@luisjones9894]

So sad to see a great airfield disappear :(

[@brgsstm]

It’s very sad to see Woodford like this. I did a lot of flight training there in 2005/2006 😩. The controllers were always really happy for student pilots to do circuit sessions as they didn’t have much else to do.

[@AidanORourke]

I went for a cycle round there the other day. I felt nothing but sadness. The housing estate looks like a theme park of 'ye olde England'. In the US I reckon it would have been retained and used for general aviation. Near Chicago there's a housing complex with its own airstrip. Pilots live there and they can get the plane out of the garage, taxi to the runway and fly away somewhere. I prefer to imagine Woodford like this! Great shots and many thanks.

[@bluelights85]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the footage!

[@a320trevor]

First visit BAe146 course at Woodford 1990 it was an operational airfield. Finally A320 simulator before retiring and was profoundly sad at the destruction of the factory and manufacturing buildings. Still thank you for a flash back to my 30 year career in commercial aviation. The A320 training facility is the building next to the Vulcan heritage site. Happy Days and many Nights.

[@anthonymcdonnell6615]

houses should of never been built on Woodford this site is one the most historic sites in the world

[@charterplan]

I agree, but we thought when JC Bamford (JCB) bought the airfield, that Woodford would be back in use as an open airfield. He sold it for housing and one of the most historic places of manufacturing is being destroyed. Should have been saved and either used for freight or for air shows,private flights,or even imperial war museum North but not for housing!!!!

[@jimmyjames2303]

Agreed. Really sad. I spent a lot of time down there in the '80s as a kid - end of the runway peering through the wire mesh fence watching. Loved the airshows, and seeing/hearing the Nimrods and Vulcan.

[@harriergr7728]

It’s so sad that we are destroying our aviation history at an amazing rate. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever.

[@barr474]

Just another example of the effect of Britain's engineering and industrial suicide

[@angelsone-five7912]

What a mess. It`s a great pity that we have such a "need" for extra housing...

[@earlofeastwood777]

Only coz mass unrestricted Immigration that NO ONE Ever Voted For, EVER.

[@angelsone-five7912]

@@earlofeastwood777 Well said, exactly what I was getting at in a "diplomatic" kind of way.

[@earlofeastwood777]

@@angelsone-five7912 👍

[@thedirectionoflife5384]

Do you know how to enter the place? I live close by and am curious to see it.