Site of First World War landing ground at Broomfield Court (EHER 19346)

Night landing ground in use from 1916 to 1919, used as a civil aerodrome in the 1930s. In the 1930s the site was used as a civil airfield and various wooden buildings and concrete bases for fuel tanks were built. No remains of any of these buildings have survived and the site has now reverted back to agricultural use.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. A Second Class RFC night landing ground occupying 36 acres, and later 45 acres, of farmland. Operational from 1916 to August 1919. The site was used as a civil aerodrome from 1931 to 1939 and some wooden buildings were constructed during this period. <1>. In the 1930s the site was used as a civil airfield and various wooden buildings and concrete bases for fuel tanks were built. No remains of any of these buildings have survived and the site has now reverted back to agricultural use. <2> Broomfield airfield opened December 1914 and closed September 1932. <2> There is unlikely to be any evidence of the WWI airfield surviving. There are no standing traces of the 1930s aerodrome, although a number of timber buildings and concrete bases for fuel tanks were installed. These buildings, along with the barn at the end of New Barn Lane, where aircraft engines were serviced and stored have all disappeared. From WWII the site has been in agricultural use. Any surviving traces of the civil aerodrome are below ground and will be of limited archaeological significance. <2>.