Orford Ness
United Kingdom /
England /
Aldeburgh /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Aldeburgh
World / United Kingdom / England
military, nuclear testing area
UK's non destructive Nuclear Test Site.
The peninsula was formerly administered by the Ministry of Defence, which conducted secret military tests during both world wars and the Cold War. The Atomic Weapons Research Establishment had a base on the site, and is believed to have developed the firing mechanisms for nuclear devices there. Many of the buildings from this time remain clearly visible from the quay at Orford, including the distinctive-looking 'pagodas' which were not, as is often claimed, designed to collapse in the event of an accidental explosion.
The peninsula was formerly administered by the Ministry of Defence, which conducted secret military tests during both world wars and the Cold War. The Atomic Weapons Research Establishment had a base on the site, and is believed to have developed the firing mechanisms for nuclear devices there. Many of the buildings from this time remain clearly visible from the quay at Orford, including the distinctive-looking 'pagodas' which were not, as is often claimed, designed to collapse in the event of an accidental explosion.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°3'57"N 1°31'21"E
- Former Cobra Mist OTH Radar 5.9 km
- Hardend Aircraft Shelters 8.1 km
- POL fuel storage "C" system 8.6 km
- Weapons Storage Area 9 km
- Fuels Storage "B" System 10 km
- Bentwaters Parks 11 km
- Former RAF Bawdsey 11 km
- former RAF Halesworth 34 km
- former RAF Beccles 42 km
- U-13(wreck) 54 km
- Havergate Island 0.8 km
- Rendlesham Forest 8 km
- Tunstall Forest 8.4 km
- Aldeburgh Golf Club 12 km
- Site Of Folk East 14 km
- Former Raf Framlingham 16 km
- RSPB Reserve Minsmere 20 km
- Dunwich Heath 22 km
- Westleton Heath National Nature Reserve 23 km
- The Lost Town Of Ancient Dunwich 25 km
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