Sennybridge Training Area

The Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Sennybridge in Powys, Wales. It consists of approximately 12,545 ha (31,000 acres) of Ministry of Defence freehold land and 2,428 ha (6,000 acres) of land leased from Forest Enterprise.^[2]

Danger sign above Cwm Graig Ddu

Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA)
Sennybridge
The Drovers Arms, now owned by the MoD
Site information
Type	Training Area
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Controlled by	Defence Infrastructure Organisation[1]
Location
Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) Location within Powys
Coordinates	52°03′07″N 3°33′32″W
Site history
Built	1939
Built for	War Office
In use	1939-Present

The training area is the third largest military training area in the United Kingdom.^[1] It covers 19 km (12 mi) south west to north east and 8 km (5 mi) south east to north west.^[1] It lies to the north of the Brecon Beacons National Park on Mynydd Eppynt.^[3] The site was acquired by the War Office in 1939.^[4]

In 2023 a driver for the British military died on Sennybridge Training Area.^[5]

Units

Sennybridge Training Area on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1940

• Soldier Development Wing - part of ATC Pirbright.^[6]
• Queen's Division Courses - Divisional Training Team Delivering Distributed Training for the Queen's Division.^[7]