A few of the Save Nottingham Airport Group (SNAG) know I’m slightly obsessed with the land opposite the former location of the Bellman Hangar (aka The Bridge Hangar), where Tollerton Park Estate now sits. My obsession stems from the fact that our first spaniel and I attended puppy training in a building which (my senses…

We hinted that we had discovered information about a site opposite the airfield (on the west side of Tollerton Lane) and here’s where we back that statement up. Our archivist has dug deeper and found a plan of RAF buildings on what is now Hill Farm/the dog training centre. This is the location where a…

One of the most common questions we’re asked is where, on Tollerton airfield, were the many post-war heavy bombers destroyed in the well-documented Bash, Burn, and Bury process? Many people think the destruction of over 1,000 aircraft took place in specific areas such as either inside, or very near to, the aircraft hangars. You might…

One of the many interesting items our archivist has uncovered is a Russian map of RAF Tollerton and wait a minute… A Russian map? Of RAF Tollerton? Is it genuine? Well, yes it is. A member of Save Nottingham Airfield Group (SNAG) who has (British) military experience of Russian charts has examined it and says…

The airfield at Tollerton has a long and interesting history which has been fairly well documented by local residents, but our own archivist has recently turned up information which seems not to be widely known. I think we all knew about the airfield’s defences from airborne attack, and the heavy-duty gun emplacements on the airfield.…

It wasn’t just Handley Paige Hampdens and Avro Lancasters that got scrapped at RAF Tollerton. Aerial pictures from Historic England, taken in 1944, show the range of aircraft which were scrapped, and just some of the locations where the burning, bashing (and burying?) took place. These locations include the land that Vistry want to build…

On the weekend of 29th – 31st August a few committee members of Save Nottingham Airfield visited the Light Aircraft Association annual meet-up at Leicester Airfield. We gave out leaflets, we buttonholed people, we explained who we were and why we were there and we explained the threats to General Aviation didn’t solely exist in…

Just because Vistry (who don’t have planning permission to lay even a single brick on the airfield) have closed flight operations to fixed-wing (but not rotary) traffic, doesn’t mean the fight to save Tollerton Airfield is over. Far from it! Just because Vistry put up fences across land they don’t even own, doesn’t mean Vistry’s…

We have identified a significant number of areas where Rushcliffe Borough Council, some councillors and some staff, have taken their collective eyes off the ball. We have been emailing and speaking to RBC councillors and their officers for over a year, yet we are no further forward; the council continues to block us with vague…

Today was protest day 3 and this one was held outside County Hall. We got a lot of attention. Richard Butler – who, as well as being a Nottinghamshire County Councillor is also the chair of the Rushcliffe Borough Council Planning Committee – was among us, as were several hopeful councillor candidates. The protest was…