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Altcar Training Camp
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Altcar Training Camp is located in Hightown, Merseyside, England. The 620-acre (250 ha) estate is composed of beaches, marshland, fields and small woods. The range is run by the North West Reserve Forces & Cadets Association.[2]
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History
William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton first made the site available for the Grand Lancashire Rifle Contest on 29 October 1860.[3] He donated the land to the Volunteer Forces two years later.[3] A railway station was established near the site in 1862 but closed in 1921. The site, which had been known as Altcar Rifle Range, was renamed Altcar Training Camp in 1970.[3] In February 2016 a pavilion was burnt to the ground in a controlled fire to make way for new facilities.[4]
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Gallery
- Altcar Rifle Range
- Altcar camp 1981
- Little Altcar; the Club Huts
- Alt Pumping Station
- Entrance to "Training Area 6"
- Phragmites
- Range Control
- Range danger flag at Alt Estuary
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