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I have read with continued interest the mention of enthusiasts that use Hooton Hangars to serve their own hobby.

Yes there are as its been put "indulged hobbyists" at Hooton Park who use the site for their own aviation interests, but these groups are all connected to the Hooton Park Trust Board either by sitting on the board or by on good terms with the board. These are given priority over others on site, who do have a hobby but do not indulge in the continued politcal and mischief making that goes on at Hooton Park. Do not condemn everyone at Hooton Park that has a hobby as they are all not indulged hobbyists. The present board consists of members of these indulged hobbyist groups no one person is on that board is there to serve the good of the site. The present board needs to do the honurable thing resign and pass control of Hooton Park Trust to people who can inject fresh ideas in to the project. In the past the project has had some excellent volunteers that have worked hard to keep the site going over time all these have gone or it may sound dramatic but have been cast aside because their face does not fit.

I have not read in recent month (except for Cheshire Life) one person from Hooton Park Trust Board come forward and say this is the volunteer work that goes on at Hooton Park without the need to include a pat on the back for themselves or include promotion for their own groups (no need to mention any names here)

The history of Hooton Park goes further than aviation and wartime if anyone did their reasearch they would find this out.

But there is nothing left of the pre-aviation Hooton on that side of the motorway apart from a couple of gate-posts belonging to a secondary entrance, and the destroyed foundations of the Priory. Within the Trust's site there is nothing left at all apart from documents.

what I meant to say was that when Hooton Park is mentioned people tend to say about its aviation history without mentioning the full history of the area that includes the fact yes there was a stately home there demolished approx 1925 this was there when the hangars were first built, the racecourse that was there yes I know this is lost under vauxhalls. Buses and other large vehicles that were built/ there way before vauxhalls arrived. Part of the former Hooton Hall estate that still exists in Hooton Lane and surrounding roads. All this makes Hooton Park what it is not just the aviation history people connect with the place.

Small scan from a set of old O.S maps i have, the map's are updated 1833 one's, i think they date from somewhere between 1850 and 1860 going from which railways are included and which ones are not!.
The red lines are the local boundrys, these and other things on O.S maps could be highlighted by hand when new at extra cost !.

Hooton Hall area.

is Hooton Hall still standing?
Are you allowed to go on Hooton park?

Hooton hall was demolished between WW1 and WW2, parts of Hooton Park are public right of way. Of the rest most of it is Vauxhalls, some is the go-kart track, some is Hooton Park Trust and the rest is vacant industrial.

PM me with what you are interested in with Hooton Park.

Anyone checked out the new look Hooton Park Trust Website. Same old drivel just with a different look. Even put a photo on the website of them all on the roof not a hard hat or harness between them.

Interesting map,it shows a bridge or something crossing the road to the house with the walled garden.

That map IS interesting, it would appear to be wildly inaccurate - or it is an attempt at reproduction of an earlier Hooton Hall (before it became Hooton Park).

Hooton Park Farm is missing.
Hooton Hall itself is too small.
The main drive to Childer Thornton is shown as "squiggly"
It has the racing stables, but these aren't connected to any potential racing tracks.

When was the road built that goes from the bottom left of the letter E in eastham to the square wood? and when was it closed?


Nomad

Its still there - its the drive to Hooton Mount/Glyder club doesn't go the square wood on the map though!

Unless you mean the track that is there, but isn't on the map - that was a railway line.

neither it was a road that started just after the glyder . you can see a tree like avenue, plus i seem to remember a pill box

Here is a link to an aerial shot,
http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/HootonPark.html

You can see where the road use to be, there is a map on this site somewhere that shows it

And there is a pill box on it

It goes from the R in rivacre Road down to banksfield drive

Nomad

I guess it was in 1939 when Hooton Mount was used as the Sgts Mess for Hooton Park.

I thought there was a railway line going up as far as the pill box but can't find evidence of that now, the remains of two lines are beside this by the (oil) tank farm

As you can see on the map there is a tree line avenue, which is banked this precedes the railway line and has a pill box on it, pop down and we can explore it