Hickstead W Sussex Airfield??

[Elastoboy]

Simple question. Has there ever been an airfield on the current site of the Hickstead horsey place??
Looks like it on google maps.
Any information available?

E-boy

[treadigraph]

It's marked as an airfield on the OS 1/25000, which I would translate as a strip:

Bing maps (http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=50.95902057230028~-0.19610993915134145&lvl=16&sty=s&eo=0&where1=All%20England%20Jumping%20Course%20at%20Hickstead%2C% 20United%20Kingdom)


Douglas Bunn, an erstwhile owner, used to own a Jet Ranger G-JUMP.

[chevvron]

Been a grass runway there for over 35 years, apart from being visible on satelllite photos, I remember seeing show jumping on telly years ago and the commentator mentioning the horses crossing the runway.
Douglas Bunn, so I was informed, bought the helicopter (originally an Enstrom) when he lost his driving licence (usual reason)