Hadrian's Camp was a military installation on the line of Hadrian's Wall at Houghton in Cumbria, England.

Hadrian's Camp
Houghton, Cumbria
Signs at Hadrian's Camp
Hadrian's Camp is located in Cumbria
Hadrian's Camp
Hadrian's Camp
Location within Cumbria
Coordinates54°55′05″N 2°54′46″W / 54.91814°N 2.91277°W / 54.91814; -2.91277
TypeMilitary Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1939
Built forWar Office
In use1939-1969

History

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The camp was established, in 1939, as a war-time training facility for the Royal Artillery during the Second World War.[1] After the war the camp was used as a training facility for the Royal Armoured Corps.[2] It became the Army Apprentices School for the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1959 and was re-designated the Army Apprentices College in 1966.[3] After all REME apprentice training was transferred to Arborfield Garrison,[4] the college at Hadrian's Camp closed in 1969.[5] During the 1970s part of the site was converted by Cumbria Constabulary for use as a motor vehicle depot[6] and, in 1988, the remainder of the site was allocated for use by gypsies, travellers and the homeless as "Hadrian's Park".[7] Story Homes was given planning consent to develop the site for residential use as "Eden Gate" in January 2016.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Dunkirk by Ernie Holden". BBC. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ^ "11th Hussars". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Hadrian's Camp". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Army Apprentices School". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Closure of Hadrian's Camp, Army Apprentice's College Carlisle and subsequent proposals". National Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Gipsy Site, Carlisle". Hansard. 16 December 1981. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Modern slavery victim rescued from shed he lived in for 40 years". The Telegraph. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Historic Carlisle Army Camp remains documented for the future". Story Homes. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2019.