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Culham (Clifton Hampden)

Major
Also known as: Culham Science Centre / HMS Hornbill / RNAS Culham
County: Oxfordshire
Current Status: Industry / Nuclear laboratory
Date: May 1933 - 1960
Current Use: Disused
Used By: FAA / Civil
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved, later paved (1944)
Aircraft Roles: General aviation / Naval aviation (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Advanced Magnetic Resonance Ltd
  • Agenda PR & Marketing
  • Art Deco Productions
  • Astec Engineering
  • Aurox Ltd
  • Buzzard Products Ltd
  • City Challenge
  • claireLOGIC Corporate Ltd
  • Clifton Hampden Parish Council
  • Croft Associates Ltd
  • Culham Conference Centre 
  • Culham Electromagnetics
  • Culham Parish Council
  • EFDA JET
  • Forensic Access
  • Herbert & Webster Ltd
  • Ideal Flooring (Oxford) Ltd 
  • ISIS Instruments
  • Jet Joint Undertaking
  • Johnson Control
  • Kaleidoscope Events Ltd
  • Kingwood
  • Laser Gaming UK
  • LGC Forensics
  • Ludger Ltd
  • Montcalm International Ltd
  • OXIS Energy Limited
  • Packaging Products Direct Ltd
  • Pan-Ex
  • RAE Systems UK
  • Reaction Engines Ltd
  • Restoration Refinishing
  • Richard Butcher
  • Scientific Magnetics Ltd
  • SKM Enviros
  • Soccer Kits Plus
  • Success Unlimited
  • The Big Idea
  • Toddlercare
  • Tokamak Solutions UK Ltd
  • Valiant Plumbing
  • Wessex Recovery
  • White Horse Turf
  • Woodruff Scientific Ltd 

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

  • The Trout

 

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 1 Ferry Flight

  • No 739 Sqn

  • No 812 Sqn

  • No 1830 Sqn

  • No 1832 Sqn

  • No 1832A Sqn

  • No 1832B Sqn

  • No 1835 Sqn

  • No 1836 Sqn

  • No 1840 Sqn

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A hangar at Culham, 22 April 2010.

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Part of the perimeter track at Culham, 16 March 2011.

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A hangar at Culham, 3 March 2012.

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A hangar at Culham, 3 March 2012.

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Part of a runway at Culham, 3 March 2012.

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Part of the perimeter track at Culham, 28 December 2020.

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Plan of Clifton Hampden. Courtesy of Ed Andrews

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Plan of Culham, c. 1940s. © Royal Navy Research Archive. Click here for more information.

Satellite(s):

Beccles II

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