Wednesday 23 March 2016

RAF Barnham - Was a Nuclear Weapons Storage Facility

Back at the end of February about 18 members the Cambridge Camera Club visited RAF Barnham. The trip was organised by Alan Clarke (Thank's Alan for a great afternoon out)

The paragraph below is taken from Wikipedia

During the 1950s and 60s a part of RAF Barnham was set aside as high-security storage facility for nuclear weapons. This area of the site is now a scheduled monument.[1] Earlier than that, Barnham had been used as a chemical weapons store and filling station from 22 August 1939. In the early 1960s, the nuclear weapons storage facility was put up for sale, and now forms the Gorse Industrial Estate. The Chemical weapon store and former chemical weapon filling station, on a site used in the First World War for testing the first tanks.
The site has its own web site that can be found here

Situated on the edge of Thetford Heath, this Scheduled Monument to the Cold War is adjacent to a nature reserve






















The Address of the site is
Elveden Road, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PH


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Cambridge University Botanic Garden with the Camera Club

Saturday 17th Feb 24 - Sue and I met up with other members of the Cambridge Camera Club at the  Cambridge University Botanic Garden .