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Altcar Training Camp

Coordinates: 53°31′43″N 3°03′33″W / 53.52859°N 03.05912°W / 53.52859; -03.05912
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Altcar Training Camp
Hightown, Merseyside
Altcar Training Camp
Altcar Training Camp is located in Merseyside
Altcar Training Camp
Altcar Training Camp
Location within Merseyside
Coordinates53°31′43″N 3°03′33″W / 53.52859°N 03.05912°W / 53.52859; -03.05912
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1860
Built forWar Office
In use1860-Present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Black[1]
OccupantsNorth 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]

History

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Code's Retreat". Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Altcar Training Camp". North West Reserve Forces & Cadets Association. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Altcar Rifle Range". 20 August 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Altcar Training Camp". Formby Bubble. Retrieved 8 July 2016.