List of British Army installations
This is a list of British Army Installations in the United Kingdom and Overseas. British Overseas Bases are concentrated in Cyprus, Brunei, the South Atlantic Islands and Germany.
Overseas Installations
Afghanistan
The UK commitment to the current NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, the UK element of which is known as Operation Toral, is based at Qargha just outside Kabul.
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Description |
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Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA) (Camp Qargha) | Afghanistan | Kabul | 2015 | The training academy is modelled on UK military academy Sandhurst.[1] |
Belize
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Description |
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Price Barracks | British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) | Belize | Belize District | A small permanent team maintains 25 Service Family Accommodation quarters, enough accommodation for 600 troops on exercise and various associated buildings, as well as three satellite camps in the Baldy Beacons area of Belize.[2] | |
Baldy Beacon and Guacamollo Bridge Training Areas | British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) | Belize | Belize District | ||
Mountain Pine Ridge Training Area | British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) | Belize | Belize District | ||
British Overseas Territories
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrioti and Dhekelia
The two British enclaves in the Republic of Cyprus, act as platforms for the projection of British military assets in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Western Sovereign Base Area
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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Episkopi Cantonment | British Forces Cyprus | Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Western Sovereign Base Area | Sovereign Base Areas Established in 1960 | Home to HQ British Forces Cyprus[3] |
Paramali North and South Quarters | British Forces Cyprus | Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Western Sovereign Base Area | Sovereign Base Areas Established in 1960 |
Eastern Sovereign Base Area
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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Alexander Barracks | British Forces Cyprus | Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Eastern Sovereign Base Area | Sovereign Base Areas Established in 1960 | |
Ayios Nikolaos Station | British Forces Cyprus | Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Eastern Sovereign Base Area | Sovereign Base Areas Established in 1960 | The Joint Service Signal Unit (JSSU). JSSU is a static communications organisation maintaining secure links from Cyprus to the rest of the world.[4] |
Dhekelia Airfield | British Forces Cyprus | Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Eastern Sovereign Base Area |
A small airfield whose primary employment is as a British Army Helicopter Base.[5] | |
Dhekelia Cantonment | British Forces Cyprus | Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Eastern Sovereign Base Area | Sovereign Base Areas Established in 1960 |
Headquarters of the Eastern Sovereign Base Area, a resident infantry battalion, an engineer squadron, and various logistic units, as well as UK-based civilians and dependents.[6] |
Nightingale Barracks | British Forces Cyprus | Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Eastern Sovereign Base Area | ||
Gibraltar
British Forces Gibraltar (BFG) maintains the garrison at Gibraltar.
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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Devil's Tower Camp | British Forces Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 1942 | Regimental headquarters for the Royal Gibraltar Regiment[7] |
Brunei
British Military Personnel are deployed to Brunei (Britain's largest remaining east of Suez Deployment). Medicine Lines, Tuker Lines and Scout Base are located close to the town of Seria whilst Sittang Camp's more isolated placement in Tutong District reflects its role as a Jungle Training Centre.[8]
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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Sittang Camp (jungle training facility) | British Military Garrison Brunei | Brunei | Tutong District | 1959 | |
Medicina Lines | British Military Garrison Brunei | Brunei | Belait District | 1959 | |
Tuker Lines | British Military Garrison Brunei | Brunei | Belait District | 1959 | Hosts the Garrison HQ |
Scout Base (7 Flt AAC Helicopter Base) | British Military Garrison Brunei | Brunei | Belait District | 1959 | Brunei support troops |
Canada
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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CFB Suffield | British Army Training Unit Suffield | Canada | Alberta | In use by the British Army Since 1971. | A large training facility regularly used by the British Army[9] |
Cyprus
Most British Military Installations on Cyprus are located within the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. However the 1960 Treaty of Establishment between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus granted the UK the right to permanently make use of 14 further sites on the Island for Military purposes one of which has since been transferred to the Republic of Cyprus.[10]
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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Berengaria Village Married Quarters | British Forces Cyprus | Cyprus | Limassol | The Harakis Borehole and the Berengaria village pipeline are also retained to supply water.[10] |
Four retained facilities are not currently in use by British Forces Cyprus as a result of the Cyprus Conflict.[10]
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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Famagusta Joint Services Port Utility | British Forces Cyprus | Cyprus | Famagusta | Lies in Turkish occupied northern Cyprus and therefore not currently in use. | |
Famagusta Family Shop and NAAFI HQ | British Forces Cyprus | Cyprus | Famagusta | Lies in Turkish occupied northern Cyprus and therefore not currently in use. | |
Famagusta NAAFI Transport Yard | British Forces Cyprus | Cyprus | Famagusta | Lies in Turkish occupied northern Cyprus and therefore not currently in use. |
Britain also contributes to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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Blue Beret Camp | United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | Cyprus | Nicosia | 1964 | Groups of British Soldiers are deployed as part of the nine member United Nations Force which patrols the UNPA to prevent a resurgence of violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. They are operationally distinct from British Forces Cyprus[11] |
Germany
Name | Garrison | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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Alanbrooke Barracks | Westfalen | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | (closing 2016) | 5th Battalion The Rifles[12] |
Antwerp Barracks | Westfalen | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | [13] 20th Armoured Brigade.[14] | |
Athlone Barracks | Westfalen | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | Queen's Royal Hussars[15] | |
Barker Barracks | Westfalen | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | 35 Engineer Regiment[16] 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment[16] 3 (Close Support) Battalion REME[16] | |
Dempsey Barracks | Westfalen | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1st Armoured Medical Regiment[17] | |
Javelin Barracks | Rhine | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2002 | [18] 16 Signal Regiment.[19] |
Mansergh Barracks | Westfalen | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | 26th Regiment Royal Artillery.[20] | |
Normandy Barracks | Westfalen | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | Personnel Recovery Centre.[21] | |
Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh | Westfalen | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1993 | 102 Logistic Brigade.[22] 6 Logistic Regiment.[22] |
Bielefeld Station | Rhine | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | HQ British Forces Germany.[13] |
Nepal
Name | Garrison | Country | County | Opened | Notes |
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HQ Jawalakhel, Patan | British Gurkhas Nepal | Nepal | Kathmandu | The Headquarters British Gurkhas Nepal and the Kathmandu station, which is the focal point for organisation of transit to and from Nepal, the welfare of serving soldiers and payment of pensions.[23] | |
Pokhara Camp | British Gurkhas Nepal | Nepal | The British Gurkha Camp in Pokhara is the main recruitment centre, where the annual selection course is run. Pokhara is also the location of the main pension records and houses the headquarters of the Gurkha Welfare Trust.[24] | ||
Dharan Station | British Gurkhas Nepal | Nepal | A small station intended to assist BGN operations in eastern Nepal. It is used primarily as a movement base and regional recruiting centre.[25] |
Sierra Leone
Name | Garrison | Country | County | Opened | Notes & Units |
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IMATT HQ, Leicester Peak | IMATT (International Military Advisory and Training Team) | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 1999 | Facility for training the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces[26] |
Kenya
The British Army presence in Kenya is based around the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK).[27]
Name | Part of | Country | County | Opened | Units |
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The Nanyuki Show Ground (NSG) and Training Area | British Army Training Unit Kenya | Kenya | Laikipia County | BATUK HQ and main training area. | |
Kahawa Barracks, Nairobi | British Army Training Unit Kenya | Kenya | Nairobi | BATUK Rear area base and Depo. | |
International Mine Action Training Centre | The British Peace Support Team East Africa | Kenya | Nairobi County | 2005 | The IMATC is a joint British and Kenyan venture aimed at alleviating the suffering caused by landmines and Explosive Remnants of War by providing high quality Mine Action Training |
Peace Training Support Centre | The British Peace Support Team East Africa | Kenya | Nairobi County | 2005 |
United Kingdom
See also
- List of Royal Air Force stations
- List of Royal Navy shore establishments
- List of Royal Marines establishments
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External links
- "Parliamentary Questions and Answers - name and location of each Regular and Territorial Army Infantry Battalion". Think Defence. 2 February 2011.