I did my BKS base training on the Avro 748 at LBA! 3 sessions including a short night one. 3 months later same again on the Viscount, we had to fly 2 types in those days. The first was in December the second in March so must have been lucky with the weather - runway was quite short in those days though.
In BEA/BA it was MME for the S1-11 and a day trip to PIK for the 74C, less circuits required as time went by. The 732 was at Lille and the 744 was done on the sim! Later when a TRE on the 744, for those not qualified for ZFT we used Shannon and Chateauroux, Concorde was often seen at both the latter.
Strangely enough it was said that AF preferred SNN for the duty free and BA Chateauroux as the handlers would lay on a minibus to the local "Hypermarche" for wine and cheese etc!