Royal Air Force Pocklington or more simply RAF Pocklington was an operational flying station of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, forming part of RAF Bomber Command, and operating primarily Vickers Wellington and Handley Page Halifax bombers. The station, adjacent to the town of Pocklington at grid reference SE790485, opened in 1941, and was closed in 1946. After a return to agricultural use, the station now forms an industrial estate and a restricted use airfield for a gliding club.
View across the airfield (2006)
Handley Page Halifax aircraft at RAF Pocklington
Pocklington is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the 2021 Census, its population was 10,123. It lies 13 miles (21 km) east of York, and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Hull.
Market Place
All Saints' Church, Pocklington
Burnby Hall Gardens
Old Courthouse