2014

TG0326 : View north along Hindolveston Road

taken 10 years ago, near to Foulsham, Norfolk, England

View north along Hindolveston Road
View north along Hindolveston Road
Hindolveston Road skirts the airfield's old Technical site in the east but was open to the public during WW2 when the airfield was active. As several of the T2 aircraft hangars were situated on the other side of this road two crossing points were created, where aircraft could be towed across whilst an RAF policeman stopped the public traffic. One of these crossing points was here, denoted by the old gated site entrance seen at left.
RAF Foulsham

Work commenced in 1941 on this RAF airfield; it had three concrete runways, 37 hardstandings and nine large hangars. During the early 1950s it was used by USAF ground units and it was still reasonably intact until the 1980s. One of the hangars has since been used to hold bulk grain for an agricultural merchant; another is used by the Department of the Environment to store equipment and yet another by a warehousing company. The control tower has long since been demolished but portions of the perimeter track and sections of some of the runways are still in place. See also: Link


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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Hindolveston Road [11] · Airfield [4] · Left [4] · North [2] · Old Technical [2] ·
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TG0326, 28 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 24 July, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 25 July, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 0343 2661 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:47.9206N 1:0.9662E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 0342 2658
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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