Carnaby
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Carnaby is a small village on the A614 road in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England, approximately 2 miles South West from Bridlington.
During World War II, Carnaby Aerodrome served as an emergency landing site for crippled planes. Specially built to cater for stricken aircraft, the airfield had an extra large runway, 9000 feet (2.7 kilometres) in length and 700 feet (213 metres) wide. The airfield also operated a fog dispersion system, nicknamed FIDO.
After the war, the site was used to store Thor IRBM Missiles. The airfield finally closed in 1963 and is now an industrial estate, a large source of employment for the local area.
Carnaby Temple, a strange octagonal folly stands in fields about a mile north of Carnaby. It was built by Sir George Strickland, owner of Boynton Hall, in 1770. It was supposed to resemble an ancient Greek temple, but known locally as 'The Pepperpot'.
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