RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail) 1 Of 4 Old Hangars

Currently used to store some straw and farm machinery. I visited this old aircraft hangar to check on its suitability for use as an animal by-product store. This disused airfield was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air station which was situated 1.5 statute miles south-west of Burscough, Lancashire. The Admiralty acquired 650 acres of land in December 1942 and the airfield was built with four runways and several hangars, being commissioned on 1 September 1943. RNAS Burscough closed for flying in May 1946. Thereafter, the hangars were used for the storage of aircraft engines and other FAA equipment, under the direction of RNAS Stretton, until both airfields was disposed of in 1957.
During the 1960s, civil cropduster agricultural aircraft, both fixed wing and helicopters, used the now otherwise inactive airfield as an operating base for refuelling and filling the aircraft's spray tanks.
As of early 2009, four naval hangars still survive in use for non-aviation purposes, and were used by the Merseyside Transport Trust, from the late 1970's until January 2012, when the charity moved to new premises within the industrial estate. The four hangars now stand empty and unused. These four hangars include 'Pentad' type hangars, and are located on the western edge of the old airfield.