Altcar Training Camp | |
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Hightown, Merseyside | |
![]() Altcar Training Camp | |
Coordinates | 53°31′43″N 3°03′33″W / 53.52859°N 03.05912°W |
Type | Barracks |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | ![]() |
Site history | |
Built | 1860 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | 1860-Present |
Garrison information | |
Current commander | Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Black [1] |
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. [2]
William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton first made the site available for the Grand Lancashire Rifle Contest on 29 October 1860. [3] He donated the land to the Volunteer Forces two years later. [3] 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. [3] In February 2016 a pavilion was burnt to the ground in a controlled fire to make way for new facilities. [4]
Altcar Training Camp | |
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Hightown, Merseyside | |
![]() Altcar Training Camp | |
Coordinates | 53°31′43″N 3°03′33″W / 53.52859°N 03.05912°W |
Type | Barracks |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | ![]() |
Site history | |
Built | 1860 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | 1860-Present |
Garrison information | |
Current commander | Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Black [1] |
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. [2]
William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton first made the site available for the Grand Lancashire Rifle Contest on 29 October 1860. [3] He donated the land to the Volunteer Forces two years later. [3] 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. [3] In February 2016 a pavilion was burnt to the ground in a controlled fire to make way for new facilities. [4]