MoD Corsham
| MoD Corsham | |
|---|---|
| Corsham | |
  MoD Corsham Location within Wiltshire | |
| Coordinates | 51°25′14.28″N 2°13′0.70″W / 51.4206333°N 2.2168611°WCoordinates: 51°25′14.28″N 2°13′0.70″W / 51.4206333°N 2.2168611°W |
| Type | Military base |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |
 British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1936 |
| In use | 1936–Present |
MoD Corsham (formerly Basil Hill Barracks) is a Ministry of Defence establishment located between the towns of Corsham and Box in Wiltshire, England.
History
The War office bought a section of the Pockeredge estate to provide space for Basil Hill Barracks in 1936.[1] It became the headquarters of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Territorial Army in the 1980s.[2]
Located on the former Basil Hill Barracks site, MoD Corsham is the product of a £690 million development project that was completed at the end of 2011.[3] The site is home to the Ministry of Defence's Global Operations Security Control Centre (GOSCC), the Joint Security Co-ordination Centre (JSyCC)[4] and Joint Forces Command's Information Systems and Services (JFC ISS)[5]
Other units
In addition to GOSCC, JSyCC and JFC ISS, MoD Corsham is home to several other MoD units. It served as the headquarters of the British Army's No:2 Signal Brigade (disbanded in 2012) and accommodates the 10th Signal Regiment and 600 Signal Troop.[3]
References
- ↑ "Basil Hill Barracks". BBC. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ↑ "Headquarters RAOC Territorial Army, Basil Hill Barracks, Corsham". Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- 1 2 Wilkinson, Mike (11 June 2011). "The new £690 million central communications centre in Corsham". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ "Defence Security and Assurance Services: defence industry/list X - Detailed guidance". GOV.UK. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ↑ "Corsham project will make Defence connections more efficient - Announcements - Inside Government". GOV.UK. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2013-04-07.