# RAF West Raynham

West Raynham, England · office-park · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-436033dd2a` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/england/west-raynham-raf-west-raynham/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-436033dd2a.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-436033dd2a.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-436033dd2a

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | none |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | civic, healthcare, office, other, retail | none |
| What is there now | The technical area now operates as a business park with many buildings now reused. The former married quarter areas are now all occupied with a pub and nursery on site. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Royal Air Force West Raynham, or more simply RAF West Raynham, is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of West Raynham, Norfolk and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southwest of Fakenham, Norfolk, England.
The airfield opened during May 1939 and was used by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War with the loss of 86 aircraft.
The station closed in 1994, though the Ministry of Defence (MoD) retained it as a strategic reserve. Having lain derelict since closure, the station was deemed surplus to requirements by the MoD in 2004 and two years later was sold to the Welbeck Estate Group who resold the entire site in October 2007.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham

## Sources

- RAF West Raynham — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "RAF West Raynham, West Raynham, England." Record n-436033dd2a, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/england/west-raynham-raf-west-raynham/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_westraynhamrafwestraynham,
  title = {RAF West Raynham, West Raynham, England},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/england/west-raynham-raf-west-raynham/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-436033dd2a, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.