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Formerly known as Leavesden Film Studios and still colloquially known as Leavesden Studios or simply Leavesden, it is a film and media complex owned by Warner Bros. The studios were all converted from an aircraft factory and airfield called Leavesden Aerodrome , a centre of British aircraft production during World War II .
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Leavesden, Hertfordshire, an area of Watford, Hertfordshire, England; Leavesden Aerodrome, a former airfield in Leavesden, Herts. Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, a film and media complex owned by Warner Bros. on the site of the former Rolls-Royce factory at Leavesden Aerodrome; Leavesden Hospital, on the outskirts of Abbots Langley, England
Leavesden Aerodrome was a British airfield created in 1940 by the de Havilland Aircraft Company & the Air Ministry in the tiny village of Leavesden, between Watford and Abbots Langley, in Hertfordshire. It was an important centre for aircraft production during World War II. By the end of the war Leavesden Airfield was, by volume, the largest ...
Leavesden Country Park (north) is also the home of Leavesden junior parkrun, a free, weekly, timed 2 km run for 4-14 year olds every Sunday at 9am which is entirely dependent on volunteers. Also, what was based on the old airfield site, now accessed along High Road, Leavesden sits 2F (Watford) Squadron of the Air Training Corps.
No. 135 Airfield RAF; Active: November 1943 - May 1944 May 1944 - December 1947 April 1953 - January 1960 April 2006 - present [citation needed] Country: United Kingdom: Branch: Royal Air Force: Part of: Part of RAF Air Command: Home station: RAF Leeming: Aircraft flown; Fighter: Supermarine Spitfire Hawker Tempest Canadair Sabre Hawker Hunter
The reason for the Mosquito aeroplane is that many squadrons based at the airfield during WW2 had re-equipped with the type. An area of the northern part of the site is occupied by the remains of the Bradwell nuclear power station , the Magnox element of which is currently being decommissioned.
Royal Air Force Coleby Grange or more simply RAF Coleby Grange was a Royal Air Force satellite station situated alongside the western edge of the A15 on open heathland between the villages of Coleby and Nocton Heath and lying 7.4 mi (11.9 km) due south of the county town Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.