MARWELL HALL

MARWELL HALL

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Lat/Long 50 59 26N/01/16/55W .Grid ref SU 510210 .Approx 130 feet ASL.About 3.5 miles N of Eastliegh

RUNWAY:Grass.East/West,total take of run not known but probably about 1000 yds

Marwell Hall .The B2177 road was previously the A333.Marwell Hall is now a zoological park.The area within the dotted line is believed to be the approximate area used for the runway. . Opened in September 1941,Marwell Hall airfield was located in the grounds of Marwell Hall,the home of Mr R Hayes,the Managing Director of Cunliffe Owen Aircraft.The airfield handled aircraft modified at the company's Eastliegh Factory.About 20 hangars were built among the trees surrounding the airstrip.Among the types to use the airfield were Spitfires,Bostons,Hudsons,Halifaxes,Blenheims and Aircobras.

In March 1944,Cunliffe Owen ceased using Marwell Hall,and Air Service Training took over,using the buildings for design work,but there was little flying.After the war ,Willmot and Manser Experimental Aircraft used the buildings for a short time,though for what purpose is not known.The land was quickly returned to agricultural use.Today the site is used as a Zoological park.Several of the hangars remain in use as farm buildings.

A view of the site 50 years later. Aircobra

One of the types using Marwell Hall was the Bell Aircobra

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