Stanley Park Aerodrome
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Stanley Park Aerodrome was an airfield located in the Stanley Park area of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It was also known as Blackpool Municipal Airport, and was in use for civil and military flyin
1930s club house (centre), offices (right) and observation/control tower (top) taken from the airfield site in June 2009. It was used as an elephant enclosure for a while but then changed to camels to give the elephants more space.
Spartan Mailplane Blackpool in 1932, before its flight from Stanley Park Aerodrome to Karachi
United Airways used this A.W. Argosy on pleasure flights from the aerodrome during 1935
Blackpool Zoo
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Blackpool Zoo is a 32-acre zoo, owned by Parques Reunidos and located in the sea-side resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It cares for over 1,000 animals from all over the world.
Stanley Park Aerodrome
…as Blackpool Municipal Airport, and was in use for civil and military flying from 1929 until closure of the airfield in 1947. The site is now used by Blackpool Zoo. Despite the existence of the Squires Gate site, now Blackpool Airport, which had been used intermittently for flying since October 1909, Blackpool…
Pelican outside the lemur walkthrough