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This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories.

Royal Arsenal Factory No 1.
Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2.
Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31.
ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. 8
ROF Beech Hill, Wigan
ROF Birtley.
ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories).
ROF Blackburn.
ROF Blackpole; SAA Factory.
ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. 11.
ROF Bridgend; Filling Factory No. 2.
ROF Bridgwater; Explosive ROF. No. 37 (opened 1941 closed 2008)
ROF Burghfield; Filling Factory No. 18 (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)) .
ROF Cardiff; Engineering ROF (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)).
ROF Chorley; Filling Factory No. 1.
ROF Dalmuir; Engineering ROF.
ROF Drigg; Explosive ROF.
ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot ^[1]
ROF Elstow; Filling Factory No. 16.
ROF Fazakerley; Rifles Factory.
ROF Featherstone; Filling Factory No. 17.
ROF Glascoed; Filling Factory No. 3.
ROF Hirwaun.
ROF Irvine; Explosive ROF
ROF Kirkby; Filling Factory No. 7.
ROF Leeds; Engineering ROF.
ROF Maltby; Rifles Factory.
ROF Newport; Engineering ROF.
ROF Nottingham; Engineering ROF.
ROF Patricroft; M/C Shop Engineering ROF.
ROF Pembrey; Explosive ROF.
ROF Poole; Engineering ROF.
ROF Queniborough; Filling Factory No. 10.
ROF Radway Green; SAA Factory No. 13.
ROF Ranskill; Explosive ROF.
ROF Risley; Filling Factory No. 6.
ROF Rotherwas, Herefordshire, Filling Factory No. 4
ROF Ruddington, Nottinghamshire; Filling Factory No. 14.
ROF Sellafield (later the nuclear establishment Sellafield).
ROF Southall; SAA Filling Factory.
ROF Summerfield; SAA Filling Factory.
ROF Spennymoor; SAA Factory.
ROF Steeton; SAA Factory.
ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. 5.
ROF Theale; Engineering ROF.
ROF Thorp Arch; Filling Factory No. 9.
ROF Wrexham; Explosive ROF.

See also

Filling Factories in the United Kingdom

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2014-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Further reading

Cocroft, Wayne D., (2000). Dangerous Energy: The archaeology of gunpowder and military explosives manufacture, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 1-85074-718-0.
Kohan, C. M., (1952). Works and Buildings: (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). London: HMSO & Longmans, Green and Co.

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