World War II fighter pens and other airfield remains and defences of the former airfield of RAF Cark

Scheduled area

© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)

History & significance

RAF Cark is a World War II airfield in Lancashire whose surviving remains include fighter pens and associated defensive structures dating from the 1940s. The site preserves evidence of the operational infrastructure developed during the Second World War, when Cark served as an active Royal Air Force station. The fighter pens, constructed to protect aircraft from enemy attack, represent typical wartime airfield engineering and defensive planning of the period. These structures, along with other remnants of the airfield's defences, provide material testimony to Britain's aerial defence operations during the war and contribute to the archaeological record of Second World War military infrastructure in the north-west of England.

World War II fighter pens and other airfield remains and defences of the former airfield of RAF Cark is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020988. View the official record →

Questions & answers

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Generate a full report for this location

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in the UK — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.