Woodford Aerodrome Woodford Aerodrome Woodford Aerodrome or Manchester Woodford Aerodrome is a former private airfield and aircraft factory located at Woodford, Greater Manchester. The site, which is north of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, was opened by the Avro company shortly after the First World War. It became an important production centre for military aircraft during the Second World War. Notable planes made at the factory include the Avro Anson, Avro Lancaster, Avro Shackleton and Avro Vulcan. After almost 80 years of continual aircraft manufacture at the site, Woodford was closed and sold off by BAE Systems in 2011. The aerodrome opened in 1924
Woodford Green Woodford Green Woodford Green is part of the suburb of Woodford in East London, England. Historically part of Essex, it was absorbed into Greater London in 1965 and today lies mainly within the London Borough of Redbridge, with a small part in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Woodford Green adjoins South Woodford to the south, Woodford Bridge to the east, Woodford Wells (and beyond it Buckhurst Hill) to the north and Highams Park to the west. Woodford Green is part of the parliamentary constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green, represented by Iain Duncan Smith, leader of the Conservative Party