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Long Marston Airfield was a Royal Air Force base between 1941 and 1954, situated approximately 3 miles south west of Stratford-upon-Avon near the village of Long Marston in Warwickshire. It is now managed by Anthony Hodges, and is home to: * the Avon Microlight Club
* Freedom Sports Aviation (club and flying school; Chief Flying Instructor Simon Baker)
* the Shakespeare County Raceway dragstrip
* the Long Marston Clay Shooting Ground. It is also well known as a venue for summertime music festivals, including Godskitchen Global Gathering, the Bulldog Bash, and the Phoenix Festival. Runways Main runway, hard surface: 04/22 (of which the SW third is used as a drag strip)
Grass strip: 02/20
Disused runway, hard surface: 34/16 (used for aircraft movements to hangars, driver training, etc.)
Disused runway, hard surface: 11/29 (buildings, Sunday market, etc.)
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