[6] The two main hangars at Seighford were built adjacent to the airfield but across the B5405 road, which ran along the northern edge of the runways.

The company needed a place to test larger and heavier aircraft than their existing airfield at Wolverhampton (Pendeford).

Although that airfield was adjacent to their factory, it was not long enough for testing in the Jet Age and so an option was taken on the former RAF Seighford site.

When the TSR2 programme was cancelled, their parent – British Aircraft Company (BAC) – did not have enough work on its books to sustain their own sites at Warton and Samlesbury in addition to tasks sub-contracted to Boulton Paul.

The old control tower is still standing as are a number of wartime buildings which were used for many years by displaced Polish refugee families.