Haydon Farm
Note: This map only gives a rough position for Haydon village, near Taunton, in the UK. If anybody could kindly offer a more exact location, this advice will be much appreciated.
HAYDON FARM: Civil Landing Ground
Operated by: Mr W Cozens
Location: 1.5nm E to ESE of Taunton town centre, S of A358, just N of Haydon
Period of operation: 1930s only?
Runways: In two adjoining fields.
North field, referred to as Haydon Farm LG: E/W 274 grass
SW/NE 274 grass N/S 229 grass
South field, referred to as Haydon South LG: N/S 457 grass E/W 256 grass
NOTES: Listed in the 1930s ‘A.A. Register of Landing Grounds’.
Fuel and transport, (the latter typically a taxi service), was available from Taunton Motor Co, 54 East Street, Taunton. The recommended hotels were the Castle Hotel, County Hotel and the Great Western Hotel in Taunton. A telephone was available in the A.A. box at Halcon Corner half a mile away.
The Castle Hotel and the County Hotel were still in business in 2014 and the Great Western Hotel is now a listed building. As stated elsewhere in this Guide virtually none of the seventy plus A.A. (Automobile Association) approved Landing Grounds of the 1930s survived the Second World War and very few of the garages remain in business today. However, the majority of the recommended hotels are still in business - which must prove something.
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