Albemarle Barracks, England

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Albemarle Barracks
Near Stamfordham, Northumberland in England
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View from Harlow Hill looking across Albemarle Barracks.
Albemarle Barracks is located in Northumberland
Albemarle Barracks
Albemarle Barracks
Shown within Northumberland
Coordinates55°01′03″N 001°52′25″W / 55.01750°N 1.87361°W / 55.01750; -1.87361Coordinates: 55°01′03″N 001°52′25″W / 55.01750°N 1.87361°W / 55.01750; -1.87361
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1970 (1970)
Built forWar Office
In use1970-Present

Albemarle Barracks is a British Army barracks located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Stamfordham, Northumberland and 10.5 miles (16.9 km) west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear.

History[]

The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Ouston airbase, in 1970. The barracks were occupied by Junior Signalmans Wing of 11 Signal Regiment in the 1970s,[1] before they were handed over to the Junior Infantry Battalion in the 1980s.[2] The barracks were home to 39 Regiment Royal Artillery from 1995[3] until that regiment disbanded there in February 2015.[4] On 13 July 2015 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery started transferring from its former base in Bergen-Hohne Garrison, Germany.[5] Its runways are used by Northumbria Police for driver training and as a stop-off point for nuclear warheads convoys en route via road between RNAD Coulport and AWE Aldermaston as part of the UK Trident programme.[6]

Current units[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Junior Signalman Wing 11th Signal Regiment, Albemarle Barracks, Ouston, Northumberland". National Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Boy soldier cleared over shooting of best friend". The Independent. 17 July 1992. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ^ "39 Regiment - The Welsh Gunners". British Army. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Albemarle Barracks bids farewell to the Welsh Gunners as flag is lowered for final time". Evening Chronicle. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  5. ^ Mounted gunners move in. Hexham Courant. Hexham, Northumberland. 26 June 2015. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Nukewatch Information Pack" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  7. ^ Lancaster, Mark (29 November 2018). "Army:Written question - 194616". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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