Report - Sennybridge - Mock German Village Training Site - April 2017

[Lenston]

History

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 31,000 acres (12,000 ha) of Ministry of Defence freehold land and 6,000 acres (2,500 ha) of land leased from the Forest Enterprise.

The training area is the third largest military training area in the United Kingdom It covers 12 miles (19 km) south west to north east and 5 miles (8 km) south east to north west. It lies to the north of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The site was acquired by the War Office in 1939.



Purpose built military training village for 'Fighting In Built Up Areas' training (FIBUA). Building commenced in 1988, and completed in September 1990. Plans based on a typical small German village that might be found in 1 British Corps sector of West Germany.



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[Will Knot]

Spot on that buddy....very nice

 

[Dempsey]

Spent a fair amount of time here, either clearing through it or defending it. Alas, shithole, and no idea why anyone would want to venture here! Lol

 

[The_Raw]

That's wicked, looks like a film set from a distance

 

[The Kwan]

Amazing stuff Lenny, really cool....was there a pub