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Cresswell radar station
Cresswell radar station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Cresswell 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
Cresswell radar station (also known as RAF Cresswell), was a Chain Home Low (later a Chain Home Extra Low) Second World War radar site at Cresswell, in Northumberland, England. The radar site was south of the village of Cresswell on the road towards Lynemouth and each site occupied a different side of the road. The site was opened by early 1940 and was staffed by Royal Air Force personnel from No. 60 Group, who were accommodated at Lynemouth instead of being billeted at the radar site. Cresswell radar site was known to be poorly located as it did not have enough of a significant elevation above sea level to provide sufficient warning of approaching aircraft. Since closure c. 1945, both sites have been demolished and nothing remains of either site.
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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 Cresswell was surveyed in late 1939 and approved in January 1940. Initially equipped with a GL Mk II radar, the deployment of the mobile radar to Cresswell took several weeks, but it was operational by the end of February 1940. Signals picked up at Cresswell were fed into No. 13 Group (RAF) of Fighter Command between 1940 and 1944. However, the station was staffed and maintained from personnel drawn from No. 73 Signals Wing, part of No. 60 Signals Group, which…
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- Coordinates
- 55.2260, -1.5280
- Address
- Cresswell, Northumberland
- Established
- 1945
Sources
- wikidata: Q108782309 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cresswell radar station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cresswell radar station?
- Cresswell radar station is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Cresswell radar station built?
- Built or established in 1945.
- Who owns Cresswell radar station?
- Cresswell radar station is owned by RAF (No. 60 Group).