Swynnerton Training Camp

United Kingdom / England / Eccleshall /
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Swynnerton Training Camp and Training Area is located in North Staffordshire five miles West of the town of Stone and near the villages of Eccleshall, Swynnerton and Yarnfield. The M6 motorway runs close by.The Camp and Training Area are on the site of an old ammunition production factory from the Second World War. There is a comprehensive tarmac road system and a mix of old factory buildings and walkways running through the site, with open and wooded countryside and a lagoon in the South fed with surface drained water and from the river Meece in the West.

The site is approx 228 hectares in size and is ring fenced with no direct public access or byelaws. Visits can be arranged at convenient times when no training is taking place by contacting the local staff.

The site was a ordnance factory during World War Two. In the 1980s the base was used by nuclear weapons convoys for overnight stops, and was also the scene of a demonstration of how to clean up nuclear contamination apparently used real nuclear contaminated material.

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Coordinates:   52°53'48"N   2°13'47"W

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