About Shuttleworth:
• Shuttleworth History
• Shuttleworth Dates
• Shuttleworth Participating Aircraft
Location:
• Google Map
• County: Bedfordshire
• Satnav Postcode: SG18 9EA
Travel Information:
• Directions - Enter your postcode
• AA Route Finder
• RAC Route Finder
• National Rail
• National Express
Accommodation:
• Travelodge
• Premier Inn
• Caravan & Camping
Weather Forecast:
• General UK weather forecast
• Local weather Met office
• Local weather BBC
Shuttleworth Photographs:
• Photographs - June 2024
• Photographs - May 2024
• Photographs - May 2019
• Photographs - May 2018
• Photographs - May 2016
• Photographs - August 2010
• Photographs - August 2009
• Photographs - August 2008
• Photographs - August 2007
• Photographs - August 2006
• Photographs - June 2006
• Photographs - September 2005
• Photographs - June 2005
• Photographs - Various years
General Information:
• Radio Frequency - 87.8 "Shuttleworth FM"
• Scanner Frequencies
• Checklists
• Shuttleworth Discovery App
Official Website:
• Official Shuttleworth Website
• Official Facebook
• Official Twitter
Museum:
• Shuttleworth Collection
UK Airshows 2024:
UK Airshows (England):
• Shuttleworth Airshows
• Duxford Airshows
• Royal International Air Tattoo
• Farnborough Airshow
• RAF Cosford Airshow
• Flying legends Airshow - cancelled
• Abingdon Air & Country Show
• Midlands Air Festival
• Little Gransden Airshow
• Airbourne (Eastbourne) Airshow
• Southport Airshow
• Clacton Airshow
• Bournemouth Air Festival
• Blackpool Airshow
• English Riviera Airshow
• Teignmouth Airshow
• Headcorn Battle of Britain
• Old Buckenham Airshow
• East Kirkby Airshow
• Sywell Airshow
UK Airshows (Wales):
• Wales National Air Show
• Rhyl Air Show - cancelled
UK Airshows (Scotland):
• International Ayr Show
UK Airshows (Northern Ireland):
• NI International Airshow
UK Airshows (Channel Islands):
• Jersey International Air Display
• Guernsey Air Display
Flypasts/Events 2024:
• King's Birthday Flypast
Shuttleworth History
The Shuttleworth collection at Old Warden was founded in 1928 by Richard Shuttleworth. The fortunate son of a wealthy land-owning family, he had access to the space required to build workshops, a hangar and a small grass aerodrome. In the twenties and thirties he obtained early cars and aeroplanes and began restoring them. His cars participated in the annual Brighton runs and his aeroplanes flew regularly at air displays.
In 1932 he bought his first aeroplane, a De Havilland Moth which was 4 years old at the time but is now part of the Shuttleworth collection. He used the Moth as his regular fly-about and for journeys between Old Warden and Brooklyn. Richard Shuttleworth was also a successful racing driver. He was based at Brooklands where he had his original workshop. He participated in events in many parts of the continent and even as far afield as South Africa in 1936 where he had a serious accident which ended his racing career.
All activities at Old Warden stopped on the outbreak of war in 1939 and the aircraft and vehicles were stored away. Richard joined the Royal Air Force to qualify as a Service pilot. Sadly he was killed in a flying accident in 1940 while flying in a Fairey Battle light bomber. Old Warden was used for dismantling, assembling and flight-testing various types in RAF service. These included Proctors, Harvards, and Magisters.
After the War, Mrs Dorothy Shuttleworth, OBE, founded the Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust in her son's memory, to provide an educational centre for the teaching of the science and practice of aviation and agriculture. The agriculture side is handled by the nearby Shuttleworth Agricultural College built around the original family house. School children visit the collection every year to learn about the background of aviation and transport.
In the seventies, two new hangars and workshops were built and by 1979, engine and machine shops and bonded stores had been constructed. In 1980, another hangar was built to provide space for the increase in displayed material, and in 1982 a hangar was built to house aeroplanes of De Havilland origin. There has also been expansions to the aircraft manoeuvring area of the aerodrome to provide a capability for operating heavier and faster aircraft on this all-grass aerodrome.
For the 2000 season a new longer runway of 1,200m was made which enabled aircraft such as the DH88 Comet to be flown from Old Warden. The aerodrome's name has also been changed from Old Warden (Biggleswade) to Shuttleworth (Old Warden).
Most UK air shows were cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Virus but Shuttleworth did manage to put on several 'Drive-in' events which continued in 2021.
