 Two semi-detached cottages, part of the St Just Estate, are in an isolated position on the west side of the airfield and can be reached only by the main airfield gate and the airfield perimeter road.The painter and etcher Bryan Ingham occupied the western cottage from 1958 until his death in 1997.On the west side of the spectacular Lizard Peninsula, parts of the base away from the operational areas are in a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its combination of botany (including orchids, magic mushroom), zoology (including butterflies and snakes) and geology (bastite and serpentinite).