However, during the years, many bases have been closed, abandoned and forgotten. Some of the bases were rendered redundant after the second world war while other relocated to more spacious or compact areas. The Ministry of Defence is constantly reviewing and changing its security and defence which is why they are continually opening, closing and relocating to new areas in the UK. Here are some of Cumbria s lost and forgotten RAF stations:
RAF Crosby-on-Eden, known now as Carlisle Lake District Airport
Carlisle Lake District Airport In the early 1930s The City of Carlisle County Borough Council opened Kingstown Municipal Airport, at the time outside the borough boundaries which later became RAF Kingstown and is now Kingstown and Kingmoor industrial estates and business parks.