Everything about Woodford Greater Manchester totally explained
Woodford is situated in the south of the
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in
Greater Manchester,
England, about 13 miles (21 km) south of
Manchester, 7 miles (12 km) south of
Stockport, and 6 miles (10 km) north of
Macclesfield. It forms a semi rural area of mainly ribbon development with open aspect to the southern section of the
Pennines and the
Peak District National Park. Bordering the
Cheshire countryside, the majority of land use is agricultural. The town is bypassed and close to motorway links, providing access to nearby facilities.
Woodford is an affluent area, with above average house prices, and the majority of Woodford's inhabitants fall into type 1 in the
ACORN classification scale, which represents the most affluent people in the UK.
BAE Woodford is the site of a factory and large airfield located to the south of the villages of Woodford &
Bramhall and is partly in Greater Manchester and partly in Cheshire. The initial small airfield was created from farmland during late 1924 by A.V.Roe & Company Ltd which later became a part of the Hawker Siddeley Group and is now part of
BAE Systems. On 3 April 2008 BAE Systems announced it would be losing 134 jobs from the Woodford site
The major project during the mid 1930s to early wartime was the building of many thousands of twin-engined Avro Ansons for use as patrol aircraft, trainers and light transports. From 1941, over 4000 Lancaster bombers were built here and these formed the backbone of RAF Bomber Command. No.617 'Dambusters' Squadron flew the type on the famous raids against reservoirs in Germany, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC.
The Lancasters were followed by Lincoln bombers and then from 1949 the Shackleton maritime reconnaissance aircraft. The delta-winged Vulcan four-jet nuclear bomber rolled from the Woodford factory between the mid 1950's and early 1960s. Vulcan B2 XM603 is preserved at Woodford for static show purposes.
From 1960 onwards, a series of civil airliners was built at Woodford, starting with the Avro/HS 748, then the BAe ATP, followed by the BAe 146 jet airliner.
Until 1998, a bi-annual air event was held at Woodford Aerodrome sponsored by RAFA. Now, as part of
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, the airfield is the site of the company's Customer Training and Engineering department.
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