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• Barnham, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk: RAF Barnham, Special Storage Site. Documentary Analysis of Sources in The National Archives
  21 July 2011

  In 1998, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) undertook a survey of the atomic bomb stores, Special Storage Site, at former...

  Report Number: 48/2011
  Research Report
• Fort Halstead, Dunton Green Sevenoaks, Kent: A brief assessment of the role of Fort Halstead in Britain’s early rocket programmes and the atomic bomb project
  23 September 2010

  The late 19th century Mobilisation Centre, Fort Halstead, is a Scheduled Monument, Kent 303. It fulfilled its original role as a Mobilisation Centre,...

  Report Number: 49/2010
  Research Report
• Strategy on the Historic Industrial Environment Report England's Atomic Age Desk top investigation and assessment
  25 January 2006

  This report forms one of a series of Strategy on the Historic Industrial Environment Reports (SHIERs) produced for the English Heritage Industrial Archaeology...

  Report Number: 3/2006
  Research Report
• High Down Test Site, Isle of Wight
  11 October 2007

  The remains of the High Down Test Site are a rare example of a 1950s British rocket test facility, built at a time when the country was amongst a handful...

  Report Number: 90/2007
  Research Report
• Former RAF Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire: A reassessment of the flying field Conservation Area
  13 November 2017

  RAF Upper Heyford was founded during the First World War and after a short period of abandonment was re-established during the 1920s under Trenchard’s...

  Report Number: 74/2017
  Research Report
• CHILWORTH GUNPOWDER WORKS, SURREY
  09 April 2019

  English Heritage to undertake an archaeological survey of the former Chilworth Gunpowder Works site. Survey work was carried out over two seasons, between...

  Report Number: 138/2003
  Research Report
• COLD WAR PROJECT SURVEY REPORT REGIONAL GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS
  21 May 2019

  The Regional Government Headquarters (RGHQ) at Hexham is situated in a converted Second World War Cold Storage Depot; it was envisaged that in the event...

  Report Number: 110/1998
  Research Report
• RAF Barnham, Suffolk
  16 September 2019

  Survey report cold war project RAF Barnham, Suffolk...

  Report Number: 113/1998
  Research Report
• R N Cordite Factory Acetone Factory Holton Heath, Dorset
  16 September 2019

  Field investigation RNCF Acetone Factory Holton Heath, Dorset...

  Report Number: 106/1996
  Research Report
• RAF Hack Green Cheshire
  16 September 2019

  Survey report cold war project RAF RGHQ 10.2 Hack Green Cheshire, This report will describe the features of this landscape and the final form of the R6...

  Report Number: 114/1998
  Research Report
• Bard Hill, Salthouse Norfolk, Cold War Project.
  18 September 2019

  Field investigation of Bard Hill, Salthouse Norfolk...

  Report Number: 117/1998
  Research Report
• REGIONAL SEAT OF GOVERNMENT 4 Cambridge Cambridgeshire COLD WAR PROJECT
  23 October 2019

  The Regional Seat of Government (RSG) is a heavily protected double-storey surface bunker. It is essentially a two-phase structure comprising, a Regional...

  Report Number: 148/1997
  Research Report
• Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Stations: An Historical Overview
  13 December 2021

  This report provides a brief overview of natural gas-fired Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power stations in England. The majority date from the early...

  Report Number: 58/2021
  Research Report
• RAF Ash, Ash, Kent
  14 September 2022

  The radar station at RAF Ash was constructed in the early 1950s as part of the RAF's Rotor programme to modernise Britain's radar defences. It became...

  Report Number: 127/1998
  Research Report
• RAF Langtoft, Langtoft, Lincolnshire
  14 September 2022

  The Radar Station at Langtoft was established during the Second World War as a Ground Control Intercept (GCI) station. It was retained after the end of...

  Report Number: 129/1998
  Research Report
• RAF Sandwich, Kent
  14 September 2022

  The radar station at Sandwich was established during the Second World War as a Ground Control Intercept (CCI) station. Its function was to direct interceptor...

  Report Number: 130/1998
  Research Report
• RAF Trimingham, Norfolk - Radar station
  14 September 2022

  The Radar Station at Trimingham was established during the Second World War as a coast defence radar station. Its principal function was to detect German...

  Report Number: 133/1998
  Research Report
• RGHQ 9.1, Swynnerton, Staffordshire
  15 September 2022

  Regional Government Headquarters RGHQ 9.1 is located within the former Second World War Royal Ordnance Filling Factory at Swynnerton which is now used...

  Report Number: 160/1997
  Research Report
• The Beacons, Frodsham, Cheshire
  15 September 2022

  The Beacons is an Emergency Planning Centre operated by Cheshire County Council. It occupies a double storey reinforced concrete bunker constructed around...

  Report Number: 161/1997
  Research Report
• Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  15 September 2022

  The War Room is a heavily protected double-storey, surface bunker. It was constructed about 1953 for the Regional Commissioner of Home Defence Region...

  Report Number: 162/1997
  Research Report