RAF Beachy Head

RAF Beachy Head
RAF Beachy Head
near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
	RAF Beachy Head
Coordinates	50°44′17″N 0°15′04″E / 50.738°N 0.251°E
Type	Radar station
Site information
Open to; the public	No
Condition	Part Demolished
Site history
Built	1939
In use	1940–1960

RAF Beachy Head is a former Royal Air Force radar station and one of the many Chain Home Low radar stations, being situated near Beachy Head and Eastbourne in East Sussex, England.^[1] It featured a Type 16 radar that was monitored from RAF Kenley.

RAF Beachy Head saw much activity in the Second World War covering the area from Brighton to Hastings from ten miles out to sea, but began to decline in importance in the 1950s.^[1]

ROTOR

In 1952, a ROTOR site was built, which closed in May 1958. The Coastguard used one of the buildings. It closed with the end of the Cold War and partly demolished in 1996.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "RAF Beachy Head - Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives". www.forces-war-records.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

External links

[:0-1] "RAF Beachy Head - Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives". www.forces-war-records.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

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