Brook Farm Airstrip

The specific reason for closure is not publicly documented. For small, private farm strips like this, closure is typically due to a private decision by the landowner. Common reasons include the owner ceasing to fly (due to age or health), the sale of the property to a non-aviator, the cost of maintenance, or the death of the owner/operator. There is no evidence to suggest the closure was due to a specific accident, regulatory enforcement, or economic failure in a commercial sense.

The site of the former airstrip has been fully returned to agricultural use. The land where the grass runway was located is now indistinguishable from the surrounding fields and is actively farmed. There are no remaining signs of aviation infrastructure, such as dedicated hangars, windsock, or runway markers. The land is part of the private Brook Farm property.

Brook Farm Airstrip was a private, unlicensed grass runway. Its significance was primarily local, serving as a base for the owner's private recreational flying. It was not a commercial airport and had no scheduled services or military history. Operations would have consisted of light, single-engine aircraft and potentially microlights. The identifier GB-0969 signifies that it was officially registered in UK aviation databases and guides (such as Pooleys or AFE), making other pilots aware of its existence for planning purposes, but it held no wider historical or strategic importance.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Brook Farm Airstrip. Re-establishing the airstrip would be entirely at the discretion of the current landowner and would require significant effort to prepare the ground and potentially seek new permissions. Given that the land has been fully integrated back into agricultural operations for several years, the likelihood of it being reopened as an airstrip is considered extremely low.