Woodford Aerodrome
Woodford Aerodrome is a former airfield and aircraft factory at Woodford, Greater Manchester, England, 6 nautical miles north of Macclesfield. It was opened by the Avro company after the First World War and became an important production centre for military aircraft in the Second World War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Airfield
- Description: former airport & aircraft factory in England
- Also known as: “EGCD”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Avro Heritage Museum and Christ Church.
Avro Heritage Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Avro Heritage Museum is an aviation museum in Woodford, Greater Manchester, England, that opened on 13 November 2015. It is located at the former Woodford Aerodrome, and it replaced the former Avro Heritage Centre.
Poynton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poynton railway station serves the town of Poynton in Cheshire, England. The station is on Cheshire East Council's local list of heritage buildings. It was built in 1887.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poynton and Bramhall.
Poynton
Town
Poynton is a town in the civil parish of Poynton-with-Worth, in the Cheshire East district and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England; from 1974 to 2009 it was in Macclesfield district. Poynton is situated 2 miles east of Woodford Aerodrome.
Bramhall
Town
Photo: Stockport Council, CC BY 2.0.
Bramhall is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a civil parish in Cheshire. At the 2021 census, the built-up area, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, had a population of 17,195. Bramhall is situated 2 miles north of Woodford Aerodrome.
Cheadle Hulme
Town
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheadle Hulme is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the historic county of Cheshire, 2 miles south-west of Stockport and 8 miles south-east of Manchester. Cheadle Hulme is situated 2½ miles northwest of Woodford Aerodrome.
Woodford Aerodrome
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Stockport, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From German to Tajik—“Woodford Aerodrome” goes by many names.
- German: “Flugplatz Woodford”
- Indonesian: “EGCD”
- Japanese: “ウッドフォード飛行場”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Woodford”
- Persian: “فرودگاه وودفورد”
- Piemontese: “Woodford Aerodrome”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи вудфурд”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Avro Golf Club and Bramhall railway station.
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