cazatou,
Are you SURE you mean Acklington?
Having been there for a few visits over the last decade or so, most recent being Oct last year, I can tell you that the entire former RAF station, ie domestic and technical site, is now Her Majesty's Prison Acklington, a large category C establishment, and that the majority of the former RAF buildings, including the Gaydon hangar are still in use and are very recognisable as ex RAF.
The actual airfield site was sold off for open cast mining and the entire surface area of the airfield was removed to a depth of over 30 feet. Hardly what I would call restoring to pasture!