HC Deb 16 July 1963 vol 681 c50W
Mr. Hayman

asked the Secretary of State for War which areas of the United Kingdom his Department holds for military training; and what is the extent of each.

Mr. Godber

My Department owns or leases in the United Kingdom 194 training areas and training ranges, with a total area of some 337,000 acres. The larger areas totalling 5,000 acres or more are as follows:

acres
(a) Redesdale, Northumberland 54,411
(b) Warcop, Westmorland 14,711
(c) Warcop, Yorkshire 13,150
(d) Feldom, Yorkshire 5,578
(e) Catterick, Yorkshire 13,150
(f) Fylingdales, Yorkshire 5,752
(g) Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire 8,308
(h) Sennybridge, Breconshire 29,532
(j) Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire 5,883
(k) Stanford, Norfolk 16,134
(l) Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 87,604
(m) Lulworth, Dorset 7,383

In addition my Department uses under licence four areas of over 5,000 acres:

(i) Tighna Blair … … … 5,026
(ii) Warcop … … … 9,863
(iii) Fylingdales … … … 6,911
(iv) Okehampton … … … 16,232