Slades Hill Army Camp
Slades Hill army camp was a Second World War British Army camp and anti-aircraft battery in Slades Hill, Enfield, London, that formed part of London's defences against attack by German bombers. Establishment The camp and gun emplacement was established at the start of the Second World War in Slades Hill, Enfield. A half-battery of 3.7-inch mobile guns had previously been temporarily sited nearby during the Munich Crisis of 1938. The road to the camp from Enfield Road, previously a track, was made into a permanent way and is now known locally as Camp Road. The Merryhills Brook crosses Camp Road and Salmon's Brook runs along the eastern side of the site. To the south of the camp was the 26th Enfield Rifle and Pistol Club, which still exists, and which dates from the Boer War. Anti-aircraft battery The anti-aircraft battery was on the adjacent Hog Hill, just north of the camp. It had four QF 4.5-inch Mark II anti-aircraft guns that were adapted from the naval gun of the same g ...
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