Beacon Riders are lucky enough to have one of the few really open spaces available for motorcycle training in the country (DSA Approved) where you can get up to real road speeds.
Most Training Schools are limited to school playgrounds or similar.
Make sure you where sturdy shoes or boots, waterproof if possible, tough wearing trousers and warm clothing, especially during cold weather. We can ofcourse supply these on the day if necessary.

The airfield was developed during 1941/2 by John Laing & Son Ltd as the main contractor, with one runway at 1,630 yards and two at 1,430 yards. It was placed under the control of No7 Group of Bomber Command, but on the 16th May it was allocated to the USA AF. Some days four-engine bombers would leave for Germany at the rate of one every two minutes and seemed as though they would hit the chimneys of the houses in their flight path. With its main runway over one mile long, it was home to the American Air Force from 1943 - 1963 and was known as US Air Station 112. It served as a major heavy bomber operational training base for B-17 crews until the end of the Second World War. In the fifties the 75 31st Air Base Squadron, flying Douglas C-47 transport planes moved in along with two RAF Communications units.

Today, the runways still exist but the hangers have been replaced by HM Prison 'The Mount' opened in 1988. Several leisure activities are enjoyed on parts of the airfield, including the Saturday market and Short Circuit racing. Bovingdon village was visited by many famous people during the '40s and '50s, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, son Elliott Roosevelt as well as Captain Clark Gable, James Stewart and William Holden. Although Glenn Miller was a frequent visitor, his Band never played here nor was his fatal flight made from Bovingdon, rather from Alconbury, near Huntingdon.