Model flyers are a keen bunch, but it’s fair to assume that their kith and kin may want more from a day than throwing a glider, eating a BBQ and watching some flying.
So some thoughts on making a day of it:
- For the local history buffs, the airfield is part of what was once a US B17 airbase. There is a US War Memorial in the South Eastern corner by the crossroads.
For the curious and insatiably active there is more than just history, farmland, a private airfield and model flying site at Knettishall:
- Knettishall Heath Country Park is a hop and step to the North West, with forest, horses, deer and one of the few Suffolk designated wild water swimming river locations plus car parking, picnic areas and facilities. There is a pedestrian gate to the forest just a short walk north of the factory gate entrance to the flying site. You can see the cottage adjacent to the gate from our flying area.
- If the river appeals, you are best driving round to the car park.
- The park edges the Angles Way, Peddars Way and the Norfolk Coast Path (as opposed to the Norfolk Coastal Path!) national walking routes. West Harling Heath is a short walk beyond Knettishall Heath along the Peddars Way/Norfolk Coast Path.
- For the seriously energetic why not travel by bicycle? National Cycle Route 13 which links Bury to Thetford passes right through the old B17 runway along a Roman Road running North/South.