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Altcar Training Camp

Altcar Training Camp

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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]

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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]

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

References

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