Sennybridge Training Area
| Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) | |
|---|---|
| Sennybridge | |
| File:The Drover's Arms, Eppynt.jpg The Drovers Arms, now owned by the MoD | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Training Area |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | File:Flag of the British Army.svg British Army |
| Controlled by | Defence Infrastructure Organisation[1] |
| Location | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1939 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1939-Present |
The Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Sennybridge in Powys, Wales. It consists of approximately 12,545 ha (31,000 acres) of Ministry of Defence freehold land and 2,428 ha (6,000 acres) of land leased from Forest Enterprise.[2]
The training area is the third largest military training area in the United Kingdom.[1] It covers 19 km (12 mi) south west to north east and 8 km (5 mi) south east to north west.[1] It lies to the north of the Brecon Beacons National Park on Mynydd Eppynt.[3] The site was acquired by the War Office in 1939.[4]
In 2023 a driver for the British military died on Sennybridge Training Area.[5]
Units
[edit | edit source].jpg){kind=link}
- Soldier Development Wing - part of ATC Pirbright.[6]
- Queen's Division Courses - Divisional Training Team Delivering Distributed Training for the Queen's Division.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Defence Training Estates -About (Website accessed: 22/08/10)
- ^ MoD - About Defence (website accessed: 22/08/10)
- ^ Sennybridge Tourist Information (website accessed: 22/08/10)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').