Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29535 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Norfolk Showground airfield site |
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Summary
The Norfolk Showground was the site of a small private airfield between 1949 and 1951. Two runways existed - one running parallel with A47 and the second crossing it at an angle running to southwest.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 149 104 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11SW |
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| Parish: | BAWBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Norfolk Showground.
Site of second Norwich Airport 1949 to 1951.
Runway parallel with A47, another crossing it at an angle running to southwest.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 3 March 1993.
"Norwich Airport" was, in fact, a field holding a collection of 4 privately owned light aircraft and offering pleasure flights around Norwich. Three Auster J/I and one Fairchild Argus 2 aircraft were stored here, and the only airfield building comprised a caravan. The runways were, in fact, just east of the showground, and crosseed at TG154105.
See (S1)
K. Hamilton (HES) 10 March 2014
Monument Types
- AIRFIELD (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Serial: Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. 1992. Airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk.. Vol 7, p 5. |
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