Albemarle Barracks, England facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Albemarle Barracks |
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| Near Stamfordham, Northumberland in England | |
View from Harlow Hill looking across Albemarle Barracks.
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 Albemarle Barracks
Shown within Northumberland
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| Coordinates | 55°01′03″N 001°52′25″W / 55.01750°N 1.87361°W |
| Type | Barracks |
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| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |  British Army |
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| Built | 1970 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1970-Present |
Albemarle Barracks is a British Army barracks located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Stamfordham, Northumberland and 10.5 miles (16.9 km) west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear.
History
The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Ouston airbase, in 1970. The barracks were occupied by Junior Signalmans Wing of 11 Signal Regiment in the 1970s, before they were handed over to the Junior Infantry Battalion in the 1980s. The barracks were home to 39 Regiment Royal Artillery from 1995 until that regiment disbanded there in February 2015. On 13 July 2015 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery started transferring from its former base in Bergen-Hohne Garrison, Germany. Its runways are used by Northumbria Police for driver training and as a stop-off point for nuclear warheads convoys en route via road between RNAD Coulport and AWE Aldermaston as part of the UK Trident programme.
