 The bomb dump was built around Blackthorn Holt and Fox Holt woodlands between runway heads 13 and 20.The administration and accommodation sites were built in the south western corner of the airfield on both sides of the B1189 and consisted of an operations block, ration store, a single officers' mess, one communal other-ranks dining room, one WAAF mess, a gymnasium, four domestic accommodation blocks and a station sick quarters.Living accommodation was designed and scaled to house 1,685 males and 345 females.