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Risley
Royal Ordnance Factory
Filling Factories Nationally, Page
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Introduction
This is one of a series of pages aiming to place
ROF Risley into a national context by describing the locations and current
situations of the 16 Royal Ordnance Filling Factories that were active during
World War II. Most of my information has come from online searches and
looking at Google's aerial imagery. If you believe that you can add to any of this information
or improve its accuracy, please get in touch through my Contact page (linked
from the Contents page).
On this page: Filling Factories 1-4.
Filling Factories 1-4
Filling Factory 1:
Chorley
Pre-1974 County:
Lancashire
Post-1974 County: Lancashire
Location:
Buckshaw village, a
modern development in Euxton, north west of the centre of Chorley,
between Chorley and Leyland.
Current Situation:
Very recent
housing development, although sections of the site are still
identifiable.
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Filling Factory 2:
Bridgend
Pre-1974 County:
Glamorganshire
Post-1974 County: Mid GlamorganLocation:
Bridgend Industrial Estate, Waterton, south east of the centre of
Bridgend.
Current Situation:
Redeveloped into the industrial estate some time ago, although some
sections remain. I believe that the former admin buildings might
now be the HQ
of South Wales Police.
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Filling Factory 3:
Glascoed
Pre-1974 County:
Monmouthshire
Post-1974 County: GwentLocation:
Between Usk and the village of Glascoed, east of Pontypool.
Current Situation:
Remained open and became BAE Systems Glascoed. Whilst the site
facilities will obviously have been updated, the basic layout of a
typical ROF with its small buildings surrounded by earth mounds is still
very apparent and I would guess that many of the buildings probably date
from the original WW2 ROF.
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As an operational
establishment,
I prefer not to display a satellite image
of this former ROF
Filling Factory.
I have no idea if there are any rules about this,
but I prefer to play safe, just in case!
There are only 2 factory sites where I have
taken this approach.
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Filling Factory 4:
Hereford
Pre-1974 County:
Herefordshire
Post-1974 County: Hereford & Worcester
(now Herefordshire)
Location:
South east of the centre of Hereford, between Lower Bullingham and
Rotherwas.
Current Situation:
Appears to be a modern industrial estate although much of the road
layout and several, perhaps many, of the buildings appear to be from the
ROF. There is a row of isolated buildings surrounded by earth
mounds at the south end of the site.
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