Twatt Airfield
The unique control tower built on top of the operations centre survives in this far corner of Orkney
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Near Marwick, Mainland, Orkney. KW17 2ND
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The Royal Naval Air Station at Twatt, known as HMS Tern, was a support station for the Fleet Air Arm. It has now been given over to cattle grazeing but its unique control tower survives on top of the half-underground operations centre. Efforts are being made to preserve it.
Photo: Beep boop beep, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
By Road: Off A967 in the north west of Mainland, Orkney.
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