Alanbrooke Barracks | |
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Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, England | |
![]() Alanbrooke Barracks | |
Site information | |
Type | Army barracks |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | ![]() |
Controlled by | Royal Artillery |
Condition | Operational |
Location | |
Coordinates | 54°12′12″N01°24′06″W / 54.20333°N 1.40167°W |
Area | 151 hectares (370 acres) [1] |
Site history | |
Built | 1974 |
In use | 1974 – present |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 4th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Alanbrooke Barracks is a military installation at Topcliffe in North Yorkshire, England.
The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Topcliffe airbase, in 1974, as an ordnance field park. [2] The barracks were named Alanbrooke Barracks after Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, a former Royal Artillery officer, when 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery took over the site in 1977. [3] The barracks continued as an artillery base with the arrival of 49 Regiment Royal Artillery in 1982, [4] 27th Regiment Royal Artillery in 1986, [5] 19th Regiment Royal Artillery in 1990, [6] 40th Regiment Royal Artillery in 1998, [7] and 4th Regiment Royal Artillery in 2008. [8]
The barracks were also home to 15th Infantry Brigade from January 1982 to November 1992. [9]
The barracks are set to close in 2032 under the Better Defence Estate plan. [11] [12]