Spotlight - Panshanger

Today Guttering Direct were working in Panshanger, which is in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

This is an area of Welwyn Garden City were I used to live and had an interest in. It is to the north east of the town and takes its name from a large house and grounds called Panshanger House slightly further to the east. The area was added to WGC during the 70's and 80's on the remaining land between the industrial estates and the River Mimram. Between the current Panshanger and the ex Panshanger house is a plateau which is an ex WW2 areodrome.

Panshanger Areodrome

Started life in WWII as a "decoy aerodrome" with a hangers and facilities made by film set experts, complete with dummy aircraft, cars, smoking chimneys and deliberate 'black out leaks'. Those measures were aimed at diverting German bombers away from Hatfield with its large aircraft factory and other nearby industries. It was so successful, that many of our own pilots landed at Panshanger by mistake! In the early forties RAF Elementary Flight Training School was based in Panshanger and real buildings began to replace the canvas and scaffolding dummies. In the early fifties the RAF had pulled out and the aerodrome become a fairly active civilian facility

Guttering Direct will be working in this area again very soon. Visit our website at http://www.gutteringdirect.com/ to book an appointment!