Radlett Aerodrome was an airfield and aircraft manufacturing plant in
Hertfordshire
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, now owned by
Eon Productions
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. Part of the airfield is now the
M25 between junctions 21 (
A405) and 22 (
A1081).
History
The airfield was also known as
RAF Radlett
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;
No. 80 Wing RAF
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was based there.
In the 2010s plans for the future use of the site's land were the subject of lengthy dispute but in 2020 it was agreed that it would be redeveloped as a rail freight terminal.
Structure
The Handley-Page works were situated on the east of the former
A5, then a main road into London from the Midlands. The site is between the
A5 road
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, to the west, and the
Midland Main Line
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, to the east. The
M25 motorway crosses the entire former site from east to west.
Hertfordshire County Council
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References
External links
UK Airfields
Britain from Above in 1948
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Aircraft assembly plants in England
Airports in Hertfordshire
Economy of Hertfordshire
Handley Page
M25 motorway
World War II airfields in the United Kingdom