Hadrian's Camp was a military installation on the line of

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at Houghton in

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, England.

History

The camp was established, in 1939, as a war-time training facility for the

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during the

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. After the war the camp was used as a training facility for the

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. It became the Army Apprentices School for the

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in 1959 and was re-designated the Army Apprentices College in 1966. After all REME apprentice training was transferred to

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, the college at Hadrian's Camp closed in 1969. During the 1970s part of the site was converted by

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for use as a motor vehicle depot and, in 1988, the remainder of the site was allocated for use by gypsies, travellers and the homeless as "Hadrian's Park". Story Homes was given planning consent to develop the site for residential use as "Eden Gate" in January 2016.

References

{{reflist Barracks in England Installations of the British Army Buildings and structures in Carlisle, Cumbria