# 134 Squadron Air Training Corps headquarters, Cardington Airfield

Cardington, England · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-18c174d401` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/england/cardington-134-squadron-air-training-corps-headquarters-cardington-air/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-18c174d401.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-18c174d401.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-18c174d401

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop, reinhabit | none |
| New use | civic, education | none |
| What is there now | new Squadron headquarters has been built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1953 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Timeline

- 1953: Retrofit: redevelop, reinhabit

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

Cardington Airfield, previously RAF Cardington, is a former Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, with a long and varied history, particularly in relation to airships and balloons. The station was formerly part of the civil parish of Eastcotts, before that was abolished on 1 April 2019.


== History ==


=== Construction under the Short brothers ===
The site started life as a private venture when aircraft manufacturing company Short Brothers bought land there to build airships for the Admiralty. It constructed a 700-foot-long (210 m) Airship hangar (the No. 1 Shed) in 1915 to enable it to build two rigid airships, the R-31 and the R-32.

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

## Sources

- Cardington Airfield — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardington_Airfield

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "134 Squadron Air Training Corps headquarters, Cardington Airfield, Cardington, England." Record n-18c174d401, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/england/cardington-134-squadron-air-training-corps-headquarters-cardington-air/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_cardington134squadronairtrainingcorpshea,
  title = {134 Squadron Air Training Corps headquarters, Cardington Airfield, Cardington, England},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/england/cardington-134-squadron-air-training-corps-headquarters-cardington-air/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-18c174d401, 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.