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Sennybridge Training Area

Coordinates: 52°03′07″N 3°33′32″W / 52.05194°N 3.55889°W / 52.05194; -3.55889
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Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA)
Sennybridge
The Drovers Arms, now owned by the MoD
Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) is located in Powys
Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA)
Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA)
Location within Powys
Coordinates52°03′07″N 3°33′32″W / 52.05194°N 3.55889°W / 52.05194; -3.55889
TypeTraining Area
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Controlled byDefence Infrastructure Organisation[1]
Site history
Built1939
Built forWar Office
In use1939-Present

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 12,545 ha (31,000 acres) of Ministry of Defence freehold land and 2,428 ha (6,000 acres) of land leased from Forest Enterprise.[2]

Danger sign above Cwm Graig Ddu

The training area is the third largest military training area in the United Kingdom.[1] It covers 19 km (12 mi) south west to north east and 8 km (5 mi) south east to north west.[1] It lies to the north of the Brecon Beacons National Park on Mynydd Eppynt.[3] The site was acquired by the War Office in 1939.[4]

In 2023 a driver for the British military died on Sennybridge Training Area.[5]

Units

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Sennybridge Training Area on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1940
  • Soldier Development Wing - part of ATC Pirbright.[6]
  • Queen's Division Courses - Divisional Training Team Delivering Distributed Training for the Queen's Division.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Defence Training Estates -About (Website accessed: 22/08/10)
  2. ^ MoD - About Defence (website accessed: 22/08/10)
  3. ^ Sennybridge Tourist Information (website accessed: 22/08/10)
  4. ^ "Sennybridge Training Area" (PDF). Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Sennybridge: Soldier who died at Army training camp named". BBC News. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Soldier Development Wing (SDW)". British Army. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Queen's Division Courses (QDC)". British Army. Retrieved 6 May 2017.