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RAF Establishments - South West
Names showing a hyperlink take you to further details of the station including listings of units hosted.
| Station | Notes |
| Alton Barnes | Atlantikwall website, |
| Aston Down | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Babdown Farm | Atlantikwall website, |
| Barnsley Park | |
| Barnstaple | |
| Beer Head | Chain Home Low and Type 54 Radar |
| Beaulieu | |
| Boddington | No 9 Signals Unit (2003) |
| Bolt Head | Harrowbeer Website (Bolt Head Page) |
| Bolt Tail | Chain Home Low and Type 52 Radar |
| Boscombe Down | |
| Branscombe | Chain Home Station |
| Brockworth | |
| Bulbarrow Hill | GEE Station |
| Calshot | FAA Archive Website, |
| Carn Brae (Carnaton) | Chain Overseas Low Station and Type 31 Radar |
| Cattewater | See Mount Batten |
| Castle Combe | |
| Chapel Rame | Chain Home Low Station |
| Charlton Horethorne | FAA Archive Website |
| Charmy Down | Atlantikwall website, |
| Chedworth | |
| Chickerell | |
| Chilmark | Atlantikwall website, |
| Chivenor | Officers Commanding, |
| Christchurch | FAA Archive Website, |
| Cleave | Atlantikwall website, |
| Colerne | |
| Collaton Cross | Originally No 13 Balloon Centre, later a Medical Rehabilitation Unit and used as a base for Adventure Training on Dartmoor. |
| Cricklade | GCI Station |
| Culmhead/Church Stanton | FAA Archive Website, Atlantikwall website, |
| Davidstow Moor | Atlantikwall website, Rob Knight's Website, |
| Downderry | Chain Home and Type 57 Radar |
| Down Farm | |
| Dry Tree |
Chain Home Station
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| Dunderhole Point | Type 41 Radar Station |
| Dunkeswell | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Everleigh | Atlantikwall website, |
| Exeter | |
| Exminster | GCI Station |
| Falmouth | FAA Archive Website, |
| Filton | |
| Flat Point | 10cm Radar Station |
| Great Witcombe | |
| Guernsey | FAA Archive Website, |
| Hamworthy/Poole | |
| Harrowbeer | Harrowbeer Website, Atlantikwall website, |
| Hartland Point | Chain Home Low and Types 31 and 52 Radar |
| Hawks Tor | Chain Home Station |
| High Post | |
| Holmsley South | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Hope Cove | GCI Station. Subterranea Britannica website, |
| Hullavington | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Hurn | Atlantikwall website, |
| Ibsley | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Innsworth | Officers Commanding, |
| Jacka | Chain Home Low and Types 31 and 52 Radars |
| Jersey | FAA Archive Website, |
| Keevil | Atlantikwall website, |
| Kemble | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Kingswear | Chain Home Low and Type 52 and 41 Radars |
| Larkhill | |
| Locking | Officers Commanding, |
| Long Load | GCI Station |
| Long Newnton | |
| Lulsgate Bottom | |
| Manningford | Atlantikwall website, |
| Mark's Castle | Chain Home Low Station, Website on Mark's Castle and Sennen |
| Melksham | Unofficial Station website, |
| Merryfield | FAA Archive Website, |
| Middle Wallop | |
| Minehead | Chain Home Low Station |
| Moreton Valence | FAA Archive Website, |
| Mount Batten | FAA Archive Website, |
| Needs Oar Point | FAA Archive Website, |
| Netheravon | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Newford | GCI Station |
| New Zealand Farm | Atlantikwall website, |
| Northam | Chain Home Station |
| North Stoke | |
| Oatlands Hill | Atlantikwall website, |
| Okehampton | |
| Old Sarum | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Overly | |
| Pen Olver | Chain Home Low and Types 31 and 56 Radars |
| Perranporth | Atlantikwall website, |
| Portland | Airfield |
| Portland | Subterranea Britannica website, |
| Portreath | Currently ADGE Reporting Centre |
| Predannack |
FAA Archive Website
Flt Lt O V C 'Dixie' Dean at the memorial to RAF Predannack Photos - from O V C 'Dixie' Dean's collection, courtesy of his son Paul Dean |
| Pucklechurch | Unofficial Website, |
| Rame Chapel | 10cm Radar Station |
| Rame Head |
Chain Home Low Station
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| Ringstead | Chain Home Station, Atlantikwall website, |
| Roborough | |
| Rollestone | Atlantikwall website, |
| St Agne's Beacon | Types 31 and 41 Radar |
| St Eval | |
| St Just/Lands End | |
| St Marys | |
| St Mawgan | Officers Commanding, |
| Sandbanks | FAA Archive Website |
| Sennen | Chain Home and GEE Station, Website on Mark's Castle and Sennen, |
| Sharpitor | GEE Station |
| Sidmouth | |
| Shrewton | Atlantikwall website, |
| Sopley | GCI Station. |
| Southbourne | Chain Home Station |
| Start Point | Types 41 and 4 Radars |
| Staverton | Photo of Staverton Personnel - 1940 |
| Stoney Cross | Atlantikwall website, |
| Tarrant Rushton | Unofficial Website |
| Thruxton | Atlantikwall website, |
| Tilly Whim | OBOE Station |
| Tilshead | |
| Torquay | |
| Townsend | |
| Trebelzue | Renamed St Mawgan |
| Trelanvean | Chain Home Station |
| Treleaver | GCI Station. |
| Trerew | Chain Home and GEE Station. |
| Trevescan | MRU |
| Trevose Head | Chain Home Low Station |
| Upavon | FAA Archive Website, |
| Upottery | Atlantikwall website, |
| The Verne | Type 41, 54 and 57 Radars |
| Warmwell | |
| Warren |
Chain Home Station
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| Westcliffe | Chain Home Low Station |
| West Prawle |
Chain Home Station
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| Weston-super-Mare | FAA Archive Website, Atlantikwall website, |
| Weston Zoyland | Officers Commanding, Atlantikwall website, |
| Whitchurch | Officers Commanding, |
| Winkleigh | Atlantikwall website, |
| Worth Matravers | Air Ministry Research Establishment.
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| Wrafton | GCI Station |
| Yate | |
| Yatesbury | RAF Yatesbury Association website, |
| Zeals | FAA Archive Website, Atlantikwall website, |
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This page was last updated on 03/09/24©
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