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Larkhill Live Firing Range, Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA), Wiltshire, South West England, Britain

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Location Category ID: 3054
Added to Database: 29 January 2012
Last Edited: 19 February 2012
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Official Website: MOD Larkhill
Other Links: Wikipedia
Latitude, Longitude: 51.26277419 , -1.89239501
Location Accuracy: 7
Tanks Previously Here: 1: M109A2 Self-Propelled Howitzer - Firepower Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, Greater London, Britain (Royal Artillery service 1980s-1994)
2: A24 Cavalier Tank - The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Until 1985)
3: Centurion Target Tank - The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (2003 – unconfirmed)


Larkhill Range is the primary artillery range for the training and testing purposes for the Royal Artillery [see the main entry for Larkhill School of Artillery].
The first modern settlement at Larkhill came in 1899 when a tented camp was established for units training on an area of Salisbury Plain that became known as Larkhill range. Units were accommodated in large official campsite areas whilst training throughout the summer. As Larkhill range was specifically set aside for artillery practice, many of the units were artillery batteries. In 1914, the first permanent huts were built on the down. (Source: Wikipedia).

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January 2008

Tank track near Chirton Down, photo taken by Brian Robert Marshall
1: Tank track near Chirton Down, photo taken by Brian Rober...

Taken: 12 January 2008
Contributor: Geograph
Location Photo ID: 165
Added: 19 October 2009
Views: 174
Has Priority: 0
    

 

Chirton Down, photo taken by Brian Robert Marshall
2: Chirton Down, photo taken by Brian Robert Marshall

Taken: 12 January 2008
Contributor: Geograph
Location Photo ID: 164
Added: 14 October 2009
Views: 131
Has Priority: 0
    

    

July 2002

AS-90 guns in the foreground and MLRS in the background at Larkhill, photo by D. Hawkins
3: AS-90 guns in the foreground and MLRS in the background ...

Taken: 6 July 2002
Contributor: Geograph
Location Photo ID: 639
Added: 29 January 2012
Views: 187
Has Priority: 20