Scampton Scampton Scampton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Brampton and Broadholme at the 2011 census was 1,358. It is situated north from Lincoln, south-east from Gainsborough, and west from the A15 road. In the civil parish, between the village and the A15, is RAF Scampton. The airfield first opened in 1916 as Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, becoming Scampton the following year, and then closing in 1919; it re-opened in 1936 as RAF Scampton. The Dambusters Inn on High Street contains RAF and Second World
RAF Scampton train at the Control and Reporting Centres of Boulmer and Scampton before putting their training into practice at 1ACC or on E3 Sentry Aircraft. The Mobile Meteorological Unit is staffed by full-time Reserve officers as part of the civilian Meteorological Office. The unit maintains and repairs equipment for the support of out of area flying operations. Until the closing of RAF Kirton in Lindsey RAF Scampton had administrative control over the satellite site, 15-miles to the north. In 2015 part of the accommodation facilities at RAF Scampton underwent significant refurbishment, particularly those of Gibson Barracks. The improvements consisted of replacement