Comment by KineticLensman

And if you live on a UK housing estate or business park whose road names include 'Comet', 'Lysander', 'Mosquito', etc, etc, it was probably a WW2 airfield that was re-developed. E.g. Where I had my first job

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7388646,-1.7350651,17.88z

and where my in-laws lived

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Comet+Way,+St.+Ives/@52....