RAF Chicksands  | |
|---|---|
| Near Shefford, Bedfordshire in England | |
 An entrance to RAF Chicksands | |
  RAF Chicksands Location within Bedfordshire | |
| Coordinates | 52°02′29″N 000°21′31″W / 52.04139°N 0.35861°W |
| Type | Signals intelligence station |
| Area | 172 hectares[1] |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | Royal Air Force (1936–1950) United States Air Force (1950–1996) |
| Condition | Closed |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1936 |
| In use | 1936–1997 |
| Fate | Transferred to the British Army and became the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC) and the headquarters of the Intelligence Corps. Now the Joint Intelligence Training Group (JITG)). |
Royal Air Force Chicksands or more simply RAF Chicksands, was a Royal Air Force station located 7.7 miles (12.4 km) south east of Bedford, Bedfordshire and 11.6 miles (18.7 km) north east of Luton, Bedfordshire. It closed in 1997 when responsibility for the camp was taken over by the British Army Intelligence Corps.[2] Near the town of Shefford it is named after Chicksands Priory, a 12th-century Gilbertine monastery located within the perimeter of the camp.[3]
Now the location of the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC), it is now named MOD Chicksands.
- ^ "Defence Estates Development Plan (DEDP) 2009 - Annex A" (PDF). GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 3 July 2009. p. 17. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Beatty, Gavin (2010). "Bedfordshire Defence Intelligence and Security Centre". Sanctuary. No. 39. Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). p. 67. ISSN 0959-4132.
- ^ "MOD". Friends of Chicksands Priory. Retrieved 16 June 2016.