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Craster radar station
Craster radar station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Craster radar station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Craster radar station (also known as RAF Craster), was a Chain Home Low (later a Chain Home Extra Low) Second World War radar site at Craster in Northumberland, England. The radar site is north of the village of Craster on an escarpment overlooking the North Sea. The site was opened by early 1942 and was staffed initially by the British Army, but later came under the control of No. 73 Wing of the Royal Air Force, part of No. 60 Group. It closed in 1944 and was later used as a PoW camp.
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Background
History
At the time of the Munich crisis in October 1938, Britain had eleven radar sites, which were mostly located on the eastern coast. The concern over the rise of Nazi Germany prompted a wider development of the radar system. The site at Craster was built in 1941 and opened in April 1942 under the auspices of the British Army's chain of radar stations, operating as a Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low station (CD/CHL). It was built on an escarpment some 150 m from the shoreline and 50 m above sea level. The escarpment is an outcrop of Whin Sill which has a gentle slope towards the sea, giving the radar station an "..uninterrupted sweep of the coast from a relatively elevated position." The prefix…
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- Coordinates
- 55.4760, -1.5980
- Address
- Craster, Northumberland
- Established
- 1942
Sources
- wikidata: Q123892283 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Craster radar station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Craster radar station?
- Craster radar station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.4760°, -1.5980°.
- When was Craster radar station built?
- Craster radar station dates to 1942.