Castlemartin Firing Range
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Castlemartin Range covers about 2 390 hectares (5900 acres) of freehold land within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It is a spectacular and interesting training area with excellent facilities and great scope for realistic and effective training by all arms and services, especially for various types of live firing.
Several secret weapons were tested here and it was the scene of a number of exercises during the build-up to D-Day. These exercises involved the construction of replica German defences - including mine-fields, trenches and anti-tank walls - which were attacked from the sea by the 79th Armoured Division.
DANGER AREA
Several secret weapons were tested here and it was the scene of a number of exercises during the build-up to D-Day. These exercises involved the construction of replica German defences - including mine-fields, trenches and anti-tank walls - which were attacked from the sea by the 79th Armoured Division.
DANGER AREA
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°37'25"N 4°59'35"W
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- Templeton airfield (former) 23 km
- RAF Brawdy 32 km
- RNAD Trecwn 39 km
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- Radnor Range 143 km
- Pontrilas Army Training Area (PATA) 150 km
- Former RAF Upottery - USAAF Station AAF-462 151 km
- Merryfield Airfield Former RAF Merryfield 159 km
- Freshwater West 6.3 km
- Pembroke New Power Station/Old Pembroke Power Station 6.7 km
- Remains of Angle Bay Oil Terminal 6.8 km
- Valero Energy Pembroke Refinery 7.7 km
- Angle Bay 8.1 km
- Irish Ferries terminal 8.5 km
- Dragon LNG import terminal 9 km
- Neyland 10 km
- South Hook LNG 11 km
- Former site of Murco Milford Haven Refinery 13 km