Report - RAF North Luffenham

[Gingie]

Further to our recent visit to RAF North Luffenham, Jakob and I thought we'd better share our trip.

Permission was given for this visit, we were wearing hi-vis jackets we were watched and tracked, and advised where NOT to go because of the usage of the site.

Please note a couple of things:

1. The site is used alot of the time as a live firing range.
2. The site is still active and is now called St. Georges Barrack.
&
3. The site has very active security, also soldiers with guns, SA80's I think.

Anyway enough chat and the pictures.

The site was used as a Thor site and still has the blast shelters and assorted other bits for that.

A some dummy bombs and stuff:

More to follow.

Some of the containers still had various equipment:

For the switchgear fans:

 

[Gingie]

Re: RAF North Luffenham - No. 2

Also across the site were targets used for practice, and a Harrier, Phantom and A MIG.

The Harrier:

The cockpit:

The ejector seat:

The VTOL power house:

The Phantom:

The MIG:

It's from China:

An area advised NOT to go:

It had barbed wire:

And the runway looked like the council had repaired it:

And the reason they stopped working, they found something:

By the way, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY for Thursday. X

Once again thanks to the folks there and please remember about the live ammo, security and soldiers.

LOL

 

[cumbalili]

Hello, this was a long time ago; but if it was possible, please may you tell me how you get permission

 

[nollycolly123]

I used to live at this camp in 2001 to 2003 when it changed a few years before to MOD North luffenham always loved taking the kids to see the old jets on the disused runway /north luffenham golf club great camp is it still open??

 

[Allseeingeye]

Wow, what a place, this is the kind of exploring I need to figure out. Is this a case of who you know and not what you know? This kind of exploration fascinates me, amazing photos and thanks for sharing

 

[whatsinaname]

Those sites above where all training stuff I can't say more.

Old blood hound missile and radar kit.

A few thousand pounders.

Runway repair training and ordnance training

 

[Linno3]

Re: RAF North Luffenham - No. 2

Also across the site were targets used for practice, and a Harrier, Phantom and A MIG.

The Harrier:

The cockpit:

The ejector seat:

The VTOL power house:

The Phantom:

The MIG:

It's from China:

An area advised NOT to go:

It had barbed wire:

And the runway looked like the council had repaired it:

And the reason they stopped working, they found something:

By the way, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY for Thursday. X

Once again thanks to the folks there and please remember about the live ammo, security and soldiers.

LOL

We used to train there.
The stuff is placed in areas for overhead reconnaissance training.
We used to find all sorts of munitions dotted around the area & the helicopter crashed into the trees as a training aid.
A very interesting place with a lot of history from the Cold War & I believe Thor missile launch site.