RNAS Burscough, also known as HMS Ringtail, was a fleet air arm (FAA) naval air station which was situated 1.5 statute miles south-west of Burscough, Lancashire. The admiralty acquired 650 acres (2.6 km2) of land in December 1942 and the airfield was built with four narrow runways and several hangars, being commissioned on 1 September 1943. It was used to train for landing aircraft on aircraft carriers. The HMS Ringtail name was as for a ship because it was a navy airfield. RNAS Burscough closed for flying in may 1946. Thereafter, the hangars were used for the storage of aircraft engines and other FAA equipment, under the direction of RNAS Stretton (A.K.A. HMS Blackcap), until both airfields were disposed of in 1957. During the 1960s, civil crop duster agricultural aircraft, both fixed wing and helicopters, used the now otherwise inactive airfield as an operating base for refueling and filling the aircraft's spray tanks. As of early 2009, four naval hangars still survive in use for non-aviation purposes, and were used from the late 1970s until January 2012, when the charity moved to new premises within the industrial estate. One of the four hangars is where we are located at b&c. These four hangars include 'pentad' type hangars, and are located on the western edge of the old airfield. The site is now being developed with a large supermarket having opened; with the industrial estate ever growing popular for all sorts of businesses.