Altcar Training Camp

Altcar Training Camp
Hightown, Merseyside
Altcar Training Camp
Altcar Training Camp Location within Merseyside
Coordinates	53.52859°N 03.05912°W / 53.52859; -03.05912
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
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]

History

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]

Gallery

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  Altcar Rifle Range
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  Altcar camp 1981
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  Little Altcar; the Club Huts
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  Alt Pumping Station
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  Entrance to "Training Area 6"
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  Phragmites
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  Nissen huts
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  Range Control
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  Range danger flag at Alt Estuary

References

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