MSFS scenery

MSFS Lotmead Farm Airstrip / Wanborough (GB085) Scenery

Lotmead Farm Airstrip at Wanborough (GB085) brings a characterful private grass strip near Swindon into Microsoft Flight Simulator, with bespoke airfield details for low-and-slow flying and short local hops. The package includes required models, capturing the narrow, longer turf runway and farmstrip atmosphere around the Redlands area.

615 downloads 253.1 MB Scanned clean

United Kingdom

Flight Simulator 2020

Images & Screenshots

6 total

Several buildings, parked vehicles, and scattered equipment sit beside a grassy runway with a windsock, surrounded by dense trees and fields.

A small blue and white taildragger aircraft is parked on grass near trees, traffic cones, and several caravans under bright sunlight.

A small blue and white taildragger aircraft is parked on grass near caravans, vehicles, and several buildings surrounded by trees.

A small pond surrounded by orange cones and a “Do Not Feed Ducks” sign sits near caravans and trees in morning sunlight.

A small rural airstrip is surrounded by dense trees, with several caravans, vehicles, and a windsock visible near the grass runway.

Several vehicles, caravans, and a blue van are parked near small buildings and a pond with ducks, surrounded by trees and traffic cones.

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Expert Overview

Lotmead Farm Airstrip (GB085) by Neil Birch offers a meticulously crafted private grass runway set in the scenic Swindon countryside, giving flight enthusiasts a true taste of authentic farm-strip operations. Surrounded by rural farmland, this add-on covers precise terrain modeling, custom objects, and a neatly detailed hangar area that captures the intimate charm of a small aviation hub.

With its short, narrow runway and quiet atmosphere, it encourages skillful short-hop flights around the vibrant Swindon region. Drawing on the developer’s deep experience creating UK farm strips, this scenery showcases a blend of smooth performance, refined visuals, and the appealing realism that Microsoft Flight Simulator fans have come to expect. It’s an engaging addition to your British airstrip collection and well worth exploring.

A scenery add-on created by developer Neil Birch (Neil's Tours) covering Lotmead Farm Airstrip / Wanborough (GB085) in the United Kingdom for Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2020 release.

Lotmead Farm Airstrip depicted in Microsoft Flight Simulator after the scenery has been installed. ?This scenery pack brings a stunning (and very small) airstrip from the United Kingdom to your copy of MSFS. Lotmead Farm Airstrip (also known as Kevin Hale's hanger) is a very small private airstrip located in Swindon, UK on Lotmead Farm.

The designated code is GB085 and has no commercial traffic.

It's a fun airstrip to fly from/to and makes fun short flights in and around the Swindon region.

The developer states;

Situated just East of Swindon and 1/2 mile north of Redlands Airfield, a nice long (if thin) grass strip

Neil (the developer) has released many of these free UK airstrips, farm strips, and airfields in a continual series. You can also find his payware products on SimShack.

Neil also states;

Required models are included in this download. Many of the models are duplicated in most of my farm strip so if you have already downloaded some of my strips you may already have some of the models so the download size may be irrelevant. No need to overwrite if you already have themodels installed. It will make very little if any to your load times adding these folders. You can use the airfield without models if required.

Installation

Simply copy the folder lotmead-airstrip into your MSFS community folder.

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File information

Filename

lotmead-msfs-neil.zip

File size

253.1 MB

Virus scan

Clean (scanned with ClamAV)

Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

Download speed: Free tier is capped at 2 Mbps (this file takes approximately 18 mins at the cap). PRO members download at full line speed.

This is a freeware file — use is subject to our freeware copyright terms.

How to install this mod

MSFS scenery

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Locate your MSFS Community folder

All MSFS add-ons live in the Community folder. Microsoft Store / Game Pass version: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\. Steam version: %APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community\. Tip: enable Developer Mode in MSFS to see your exact Community folder path.
Copy the scenery package into Community

Drag the extracted scenery folder into your Community folder. Photogrammetry and large mesh packs can be 1GB+ — ensure you have disk space.
Restart MSFS

Close MSFS completely and relaunch. The new content appears in the Content Manager, on the World Map, or in the aircraft/livery selector.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.