Marringdean
MARRINGDEAN: Private airstrip (Aka FOWLER'S FIELD)
Note: All four of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Location: Just SSE of Billingshurst
Period of operation: Early 2000s to -
Runway(s): It appears that shortly after being laid out, initially a 17/35 runway of around 300 metres was added. (See the 2005 picture)
Since then: 03/21 380 grass
NOTES: What I believe to be an unique feature in the U.K. is the large oval area marked out in the middle of the 03/21 runway, later just where the taxyway leading up to the hangar appears. Can anybody kindly explain why this feature was added?
It also appears that the hangar was added at some point in the early 2000s, after the airstrip was laid out. If anybody can kindly offer advice and information, this will be much appreciated.
AN UPDATE
Although this 'Guide' is primarily intended to be a historical record, I can be prodded into providing more up to date pictures. As in this case when Mr Graham Frost, a great long-term friend of this 'Guide', sent me in 2026, a recent picture from Google Earth©. These pictures show that a second hangar, very roughly halfway down the east-side of the airstrip, was added in around 2022.
AN EXTRA NOTE
It also appears that the Skyranger Nynja 912S, G-SNUG, has been based here since August 2023. Perhaps the reason for the second hangar appearing?
Christopher Kirk
This comment was written on: 2020-10-09 16:45:27In August 2020, after just having crossed the runway on the public footpath, we observed a Gyrocopter (G-CGCE) landing here from the north. It used the central circle as a turning circle to backtrack to the hangar in the north-east corner of the field.
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