Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent

rdf:langString Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent

rdf:langString Caerwent Training Area

rdf:langString Caerwent Training Area

rdf:langString West Gate, Caerwent Training Area

rdf:langString Wales Monmouthshire#UK

rdf:langString Location within Monmouthshire

rdf:langString Training Area

rdf:langString The Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent was a facility at Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, (later RAF Caerwent) which was originally dedicated to the manufacture and storage of Royal Naval munitions. Since its closure as an armament works in 1966, it has been used by the US military and the British Army. It is now used as the Caerwent Training Area. A new purpose-built military barracks is set to be built on the site to house 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and 1st Battalion, The Rifles from 2027. The large military site is situated north of the A48 road about 5 mi (8.0 km) west of Chepstow and 12 miles (19 km) east of Newport. The site, which is about 2 mi (3.2 km) by 1.5 miles (2.4 km), encompasses a perimeter road that is more than 7 mi (11 km) long. The factory had its own standard gauge railway system, miles of roads and a wide range of buildings, from small earth-banked bomb stores to large four storey built brick buildings. Since 1993, the former factory site has been used for a variety of military and civil purposes, including military field exercises, car rallying, storage and breakdown of railway vehicles, nature preservation, and leisure activities such as Airsoft.