Thorpe Park, Lincolnshire

For the theme park, see Thorpe Park.
Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park
 Thorpe Park shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF216596
    London 110 mi (180 km)  S
Civil parishTattershall Thorpe
DistrictEast Lindsey
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district LN4
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentLouth and Horncastle
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England
Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°07′14″N 0°11′02″W / 53.120457°N 0.18397°W / 53.120457; -0.18397

Thorpe Park was an RAF barracks 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-east from RAF Woodhall Spa on the B1192 road, and in the civil parish of Tattershall Thorpe. Built in 1940 during the Second World War, the site included messes, dining halls, a NAAFI building, ration store, latrines and showers. The site closed in the 1960s.[1]

The remaining buildings are now preserved as the Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre that commemorates RAF and RAF Woodhall Spa history, as well as civilian life in Lincolnshire in the 1940s.

References

  1. "Official site". Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

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