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Old 31st Oct 2013, 10:28
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I cycled up the runway at Wisley yesterday. Very strange experience. Wish I'd taken some photos but it was similar to this (although I didn't see the tyre dump):

Wisley Airfield - YouTube

The surface is strangely intact in places apart from the ingress of weeds, actually better than some of the surrounding roads! I asked where the airport buildings were/would have been but our guide didn't know. Would have liked to spend a little more time exploring but we needed to get back en route.

Shame about the barriers, and the neighbours. It would probably make a decent cycling track with a bit of tidying up. The NIMBYs would love that...

One of the other cyclists remarked that they'd seen planes there as recently as the last year. Is that possible?
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