[Dean3988]

Not sure where to put this seen as it was an airfield, However most recently a test track for shell oils, Anywho.

Nice little explore with myself and Non member..

History (From Wiki):

Royal Naval Air Station Stretton (HMS Blackcap), was an airfield in the village of Appleton Thorn, close to the village of Stretton, south of Warrington, in Cheshire.

The airfield's site was located to the south west of junction 9 of the later M56 motorway.

RNAS Stretton was originally planned as a Royal Air Force night fighter station to protect Liverpool and Manchester from Luftwaffe air raids during World War II. However changes in German tactics meant that the airfield was not required so it was transferred to the Admiralty on completion. Three runways and numerous hangars had been built.
HMS Blackcap was commissioned on 1 June 1942 and forty-one Fleet Air Arm Squadrons were based here for varying periods with some aircraft being flown directly to and from aircraft carriers operating in the Irish Sea and other nearby waters.
Fairey Aviation used a hangar on the northeast edge of the airfield for the modification, repair and flight-testing of Barracudas, Fireflies and Fulmars before they were despatched to their operational squadrons. From 1944 HMS Blackcap was also used as an Aircraft Maintenance Yard, a large hangar complex being constructed to the northwest of the airfield for this activity

The airfield was closed on 4 November 1958.

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Comments and Criticism welcome, Just getting into this photo taking malarkey and hopefully getting better! Hope you enjoyed!

[andym]

Looks an interesting site, test tracks can be difficult to photograph, as I found out when I went to the old Leyland Trucks one. That was pretty much just tarmac and grass, which for the most part isn't that interesting.