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[[File:Bewdley_International_Airport_20150725.jpg |thumb|300px|right| The runway at Bewdley International Airportin 2015]]
'''Bewdley International Airport''' is the 'tongue-in-cheek' nickname of the private landing strip (ICAO code XEG3DW) in the field on the left of the line after leaving [[Bewdley Tunnel]] travelling towards [[Bewdley]]. Two small hangars and a windsock are located at the end of the field nearest Bewdley.
The 'Airport' is situated at Droppingwells Farm or Dropping Well Farm and is opposite [[Devil's Spittleful (Rifle Range) Bridge | The Devil's Spittleful]]. The farm is operated by J & W.E. Willets Ltd.
In 2020 100 acres at Dropping Well Farm were purchased by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation through their Land Purchase Fund on behalf of [https://www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/heathland-hero Worcestershire Wildlife Trust], with the intention to restore heathland and connect with The Devil's Spittleful and Blackstone Farm Fields nature reserves and Wyre Forest District Council's Rifle Range and Burlish Top nature reserves.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-54619198 'Plans to create 'largest heathland habitat' in Worcestershire, BBC, 21 October 2020] (Retrieved 22 October 2020)</ref> Before that time the grass strip had always been left intact when the field was ploughed; however by April 2021 it had been ploughed out suggesting it will no longer be used in future.<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Bewdley_International_Airport_20210417.jpg|The same view in April 2021</gallery>
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