I'd had this location in mind for a long time, and regretfully never took the opportunity to visit before three of the four dishes were removed for scrap in October 2018. Although this is a real shame, I was pleased to discover that there was in fact one dish that had been retained. I couldn't sleep so decided to take a drive down with @plod during the night to see the dish in the early hours. It was an extremely foggy morning and was still dark when we arrived which created a hazy atmosphere. We hung around until the sun came up before heading down south.
RAF Stenigot was opened in 1940 as an east coast Chain Home radar station. Chain Home was the code name for the ring of coastal Early Warning radar stations built by the RAF before and during WW2 to detect and track aircraft. Stenigot provided long range early warning for Luftflotte air raids along the approaches to Sheffield and Nottingham and the central midlands. After the war, the station remained operational as part of the ‘defended area’, a line of Chain Home stations running down the east coast and along the south coast. The majority of the equipment and buildings were removed in 1996.
RAF Stenigot was opened in 1940 as an east coast Chain Home radar station. Chain Home was the code name for the ring of coastal Early Warning radar stations built by the RAF before and during WW2 to detect and track aircraft. Stenigot provided long range early warning for Luftflotte air raids along the approaches to Sheffield and Nottingham and the central midlands. After the war, the station remained operational as part of the ‘defended area’, a line of Chain Home stations running down the east coast and along the south coast. The majority of the equipment and buildings were removed in 1996.
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