Radar Recollections - A Bournemouth University / CHiDE / HLF project
 
 
 

Sound Detection... a forerunner of Radar

When the TRE unit was moved to Malvern the RAF adopted the site and they remained there for a further 25 years. The site was then cleared and the land was returned to agricultural use.

Of the 5 original sites (A, B, C, D & E), there is little to see today except some ruinous building clinging to the cliff at what was site 'D'. This was one of the experimental CHL stations and was constructed on the site of an old quarry. The elevation above sea level was perfect for detecting aircraft approaching low over the sea.
'D' site aerial views... Then
... and now
'D' site aerial view THEN 'D' site aerial view NOW
'C' site aerial views... Then
... and now
'C' site aerial view THEN 'C' site aerial view NOW
   

The largest site within the establishment was 'C' site and this is where the important research on 10 cm radar took place. Today, there is nothing to see except green fields.

The seaward end of this field was occasionally used to land light aircraft used to calibrate the radar sets that were being tested here.

   
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