RAF Ash

Royal Air Force Ash or more simply RAF Ash (formerly RAF Sandwich) was an Royal Air Force underground control centre and radar station situated near the village of Woodnesborough, Kent, England.

RAF Ash
Located near Sandwich in Kent
RAF Ash
Coordinates51.2689°N 1.2947°E / 51.2689; 1.2947
TypeUnderground control centre and radar station
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Controlled byRoyal Air Force
Site history
Built1939 (1939)
In use1939-1998

History

RAF Sandwich was originally a Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) site situated in Ash Road, Sandwich. However, after the Second World War the area was chosen for one of a chain of ROTOR air defence radar stations and the site was relocated to an underground bunker 1.5 miles to the southwest in Marshborough Road, Ash, the new site being renamed RAF Ash.

RAF Ash was closed and the site sold in July 1998.[1] It is now used as a secure server farm by The Bunker, an Internet hosting company.[2]

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References

  1. "House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 2 Dec 1999 (pt 5)". www.publications.parliament.uk. 2 December 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. "About - The Bunker". www.thebunker.net. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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