You've made it to the former site of Southwood Camp and the area close by which has evolved from woods and farmland to the location of the former Southwood army camp and Cove Radio station, to the modern housing estate that was built in the 1980s and occupies the site today. Image 1 shows the main entrance to the camp and image 4 shows the camp entrance Southwood Road. Images 5 and 6 show the Morval Barracks training ground, and in image 5 the mess hall is in the background to the right with the gym on the left-hand side. Images 12 and 13 show the approximate entrance from Southwood Road to the former Southwood army camp, now the perimeter of a business park, the main entrance being located off Southwood Lane, approximately where Larch Way is sited today. Image 14 shows the entrance to The Lawns area of the Southwood estate, once occupied by Cove Radio Station.
Click to view larger 1976 aerial photos of the former Southwood Camp, or view layout of Southwood Camp.
Where to now? Close by are the former sites of Cove Radio Station, Bramshot Halt, and Southwood House, along with Tarn Close, Fleet Road and West Heath Corner and the former site of the RAE. Further to the East are the Alma Inn in the middle of Cove. Pick where you want to go next from the menu on the right.
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