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near to Overtown, Swindon, England

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	Hangars, Wroughton Airfield, Swindon by Brian Robert Marshall This is another view of hangars that might have been used to store the remains of cattle slaughtered to prevent the spread of mad cow disease. Angry residents against the proposal rejoiced in the name 'WARRIOR' (Wroughton Against... (more)
	Telephone box next to an entrance into Wroughton airfield by Rob Purvis
	Permissive way [2] by Michael Dibb A permissive way has been created, along what was once part of Wroughton Airfield, to link up with other ways to Barbary Castle Country Park. See SU1478 : Permissive Way [1] and SU1478 : Permissive way [3]
	Farmland, Wroughton by Andrew Smith Barbury Castle rises to the left above a vivid crop of oil-seed rape.
	RAF Wroughton Airfield by Vieve Forward RAF Wroughton Airfield was opened in the 1930s, and during WWII it was used as a maintenance unit. It closed in 1978, and ownership of the site passed to the London Science Museum in 1979. Link Its... (more)
	Hangars, Wroughton Airfield, Wroughton by Brian Robert Marshall The hangars date to the era of the second world war. They are at the south-eastern extremity of the airfield and are occupied separately from those on the main airfield, which are the province of the Science Museum. Visible at the right is... (more)
	Wroughton Airfield [9] by Michael Dibb The airfield opened in 1940 and the 545 acre site was acquired by the Science Museum in 1979. It is used for large object storage, there are many exhibits such as cars, trains, planes, and hovercraft. The Museum's library is also on... (more)
	Hangar D2, Wroughton Airfield, Swindon by Brian Robert Marshall In 1997, at the height of the BSE (mad cow disease) crisis, someone came up with a plan to store the processed remains of cattle slaughtered for having the misfortune to be aged more than 30 months in this and two other adjacent hangars.... (more)
	Road heading north on the east side of Wroughton airfield by Rob Purvis
	WW2 Type FW3/22 pillbox near Wroughton Airfield by Vieve Forward Type FW3/22 pillbox near boundary of RAF Wroughton Airfield, part of its ground defences during WW2. 'A regular hexagon pillbox with 6 embrasures. It is well constructed of concrete with brick shuttering and external cement cladding.... (more)
	Wroughton Airfield [7] by Michael Dibb The airfield opened in 1940 and the 545 acre site was acquired by the Science Museum in 1979. It is used for large object storage, there are many exhibits such as cars, trains, planes, and hovercraft. The Museum's library is also on... (more)
	Wroughton Airfield [11] by Michael Dibb The airfield opened in 1940 and the 545 acre site was acquired by the Science Museum in 1979. It is used for large object storage, there are many exhibits such as cars, trains, planes, and hovercraft. The Museum's library is also on... (more)