page_title: Dunsfold Aerodrome
section_title: Present day
hierarchical_section_title: Dunsfold Aerodrome / History / Present day
caption_attribution_description: English: Dunsfold Aerodrome. This disused aerodrome is now home to an industrial park where most units are dedicated to servicing high performance and racing vehicles. Fans of the BBC series Top Gear will also recognise this as the location where the series records many of its external tests - indeed, the Top Gear studio 171446 is located in one of the old hangars. The start/finish line for many of the show's series' races is on the track towards the right of the picture and indeed the blue Chevrolet Lacetti, used for "Star in a reasonably priced car" is actually just visible behind the small tree in the foreground. The aerodrome is now closed for public use and is under private ownership. Unfortunately the weather was terrible on the day the picture was taken.
context_page_description: Dunsfold Aerodrome is an unlicensed airfield in Surrey, England, near the village of Cranleigh. It extends across land in the villages of Dunsfold and Alfold.
  It was built by the Canadian Army and civilian contractors as a Class A bomber airfield for Army Co-operation Command. It was commanded by the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942–1944 and was known as Royal Canadian Air Force Station Dunsfold. Under RAF control it was RAF Dunsfold.
  Post-war it was used by Hawker Siddeley and then its successor British Aerospace.
  Since 2002, it has been used as the main site of the BBC show Top Gear.
context_section_description: In 2002, BAE Systems (British Aerospace's successor) sold Dunsfold Aerodrome to The Rutland Group, which formed Dunsfold Park Ltd. Since mid-2002 the BBC motoring show Top Gear has been recorded at the park using a hangar as a studio and parts of the runways and taxiways of the aerodrome as the test track.
  The track is also used to host cycle races in the summer months as part of a closed circuit series in the Surrey Cycle Racing League.
  Dunsfold Park is also home to Wings and Wheels, an annual air and motor show that is typically held in late August. The airshow attracted over 25,000 visitors and raised over £80,000 for charities including Help for Heroes and the Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance in 2009. Increasing popularity has meant the event is now a two-day show.
  Dunsfold Park Ltd also organises a drive-in cinema, Dunsfold Drive-In, over the Easter bank holiday as well as a popular and classical concert, Strings & Wings.
caption: View across the aerodrome
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