Cowdray Park flying sites
Note: This map only shows the location of the WW2 airfield.
COWDRAY PARK: Civil Landing Ground (Aka MIDHURST)
Operated by: Cowdray Estate Ltd
Location: “3.5m E Midhurst, S of road between S. Ambersham and Selham imm N of disused rwy.”
Period of operation: 1930s only?
Runway(s): Max landing run: 695 grass
NOTES: Listed in the 1930s ‘A.A. Register of Landing Grounds’ and one of seventy-four A.A. (Automobile Association) approved Landing Grounds on mainland Britain in the 1930s.
Fuel was available from “S. G. West Garage, Redford” and transport (typically a taxi service) from the Midhurst Engineering Co. The hotel recommended was The Spread Eagle Hotel in Midhurst which is still very much in business today and a telephone was available at the caretaker’s lodge.
COWDRAY PARK: Military Landing Ground
Military user: Royal Navy (Books of HMS Daedulus)
Activities: Dispersed storage
Location: 3.5nm ESE of Midhurst
Period of operation: 1941 to 1945
Runways: N/S 505 grass E/W 685 grass
NOTES: I imagine this aerodrome must have been used mainly for storing training types like Tiger Moths and Miles Magisters judging from the aerodrome dimensions plus, it had 25 ‘Dutch Barn’ hangars, measuring just 20x40 feet.
COWDRAY PARK: Helicopter landing area
Location: In/near Midhurst
Landing area: 1998, in paddock N of river & E side of River Ground
COWDRAY PARK HOUSE: Private helipad/helicopter landing area
Location: Presumably E of Midhurst
Landing area: 1998, in small paddock in SE corner of Lower House grounds
COWDRAY PARK POLO CLUB: Helicopter landing area
Location: In/near Midhurst
Landing area: 1998, very large flat area similar to airfield
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