What is recorded here
Sywell Aerodrome - Control Tower is a castle, fort or tower in North Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps pilots once read its shape against the sky before instruments existed. Maybe it still points upward like a bone stuck through the grass. Imagine a hand on the rail, waiting for a plane that never returns.
A named place photographed at this map point in North Northamptonshire.
Sywell Aerodrome - Control Tower is part of a site historically associated with aviation in North Northamptonshire, with the aerodrome itself established in the early 20th century. It is remembered for its role in British aviation heritage and as a venue for air shows and flight training.
Places near here
Sywell Aerodrome - Aeroplane sculpturePublic sculpture · 109 yd
Sywell Aviation MuseumMuseum · 241 yd
Sywell HallListed building · 497 yd
Church of St Peter and Paul Church of St Peter and St PaulListed building · 711 yd
Bridleway past Wood Lodge FarmForest or wood · 771 yd
Sywell WoodWood · 1.1 mi
Stone Bridge over a BrookStanding or carved stone · 1.6 mi
Sandy Hill FarmMountain or hill · 2.2 mi
All Saints Church TowerCastle, fort or tower · 2.9 mi
St Andrews Church Tower, Great BillingCastle, fort or tower · 3.2 mi
The SpectacleMonument · 3.8 mi
Boughton GrottoCave or cavern · 4.4 miOther information
Photo: Gary Sutherland · CC BY-SA 2.0