The Beacons, Frodsham, Cheshire
Author(s): Wayne D Cocroft
The Beacons is an Emergency Planning Centre operated by Cheshire County Council. It occupies a double storey reinforced concrete bunker constructed around 1950 to house an Anti-Aircraft Operations Room (AAOR). It was built to control the newly established automated anti-aircraft gun sites in the Merseyside region. This role ceased in 1955 when the army relinquished responsibility for air defence. Technically, the site at Frodsham was notable for the installation of the prototype Orange Yeoman tactical control radar in the mid-1950s. Although the AAOR ceased operation in 1955 this radar remained in use for training purposes until about 1959 when it was relocated. In 1961 the redundant bunker was taken over by Cheshire County Council for use as an Emergency Planning Centre. It retains this role and is in good structural condition.
- Report Number:
- 161/1997
- Series:
- Other
- Pages:
- 11
- Keywords:
- Modern Cold War Radar Station Emergency War Headquarters Anti-Aircraft Operations Room
