Hermitage
HERMITAGE: Private airstrip
Aerial view 2002
Aerial view 2005
Aerial view 2010
Aerial view 2017
Note: These pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Operated by: Mr M Cockburn in the 1970s and 80s
2001: Mike & Rachel Rudd
Note: From around 2010 seemingly used by M. R. Aviation, distributors for Tecnam.
Location: On Williford House Farm, in/near Hermitage, 5nm S of Sherborne
Period of operation: From the 1990s (?) until 2015?
Runway: 08/26 495x22 grass
NOTES: Looking at the site on Google Earth, (image date 2017), all signs of a defined airstrip had gone. Presumably indicating that the airstrip was no longer used? However, see picture below:
Aerial view 2022
Often a problem with sites such as these, that do not need a defined airstrip - just a reasonably well mown area. In this case a strip is reasonably visible once agan.
I did once request permission to fly in but they had tree felling operations going on.
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