| Altcar Training Camp | |
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| Hightown, Merseyside | |
 Altcar Training Camp | |
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: 462.9%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> Altcar Training Camp Location within Merseyside
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| Coordinates | 53°31′43″N 3°03′33″W / 53.52859°N 03.05912°WCoordinates: 53°31′43″N 3°03′33″W / 53.52859°N 03.05912°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |
 British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1860 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1860-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | North West Reserve Forces & Cadets Association |
Altcar Training Camp is located in Hightown, Merseyside, England. The 620-acre (250 ha) estate is composed of beaches, marshland, fields and small woods. The range is run by the North West Reserve Forces & Cadets Association.[1]
History[]
William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton first made the site available for the Grand Lancashire Rifle Contest on 29 October 1860.[2] He donated the land to the volunteer forces two years later.[2] A railway station was established near the site in 1862 but closed in 1921. The site, which had been known as Altcar Rifle Range, was renamed Altcar Training Camp in 1970.[2] In February 2016 a pavilion was burnt to the ground in a controlled fire to make way for new facilities.[3]
Gallery[]
Altcar Rifle Range
Altcar camp 1981
Little Altcar; the Club Huts
Alt Pumping Station
Entrance to "Training Area 6"
Phragmites
Nissen Huts
Range Control
Range danger flag at Alt Estuary
References[]
- ↑ "Altcar Training Camp". North West Reserve Forces & Cadets Association. http://www.nwrfca.org.uk/rfca/altcar-training-camp/. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Altcar Rifle Range". 20 August 2014. https://www.flickr.com/photos/formbycivicsociety/15010081611. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Altcar Training Camp". Formby Bubble. http://www.formbybubble.com/#!Dramatic-footage-of-the-fire-at-Altcar-Training-Camp-today/cmi1/56cc7d2b0cf2836ff5d60607. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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