RAF Travellers Hill

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RAF Travellers Hill
military village
RAF Travellers Hill Map showing location of RAF Travellers Hill
Coordinates: 07°56′40.82″S 14°22′20.73″W / 7.9446722°S 14.3724250°W / -7.9446722; -14.3724250
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
British Overseas Territory	St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Island	Ascension
Area
• Land	0.63 sq mi (1.63 km²)
Elevation	666 ft (203 m)

RAF Travellers Hill, originally known as Travellers Hill Camp, is a small military village of the British Armed Forces, located near Two Boats on Ascension Island, a British Overseas Territory. It was built following the Falklands War to house Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working on RAF Ascension Island, opening in December 1983.^[1]^[2]^[3] In addition to residential accommodation, RAF Travellers Hill also contains a NAAFI club complex (consisting of a general provisions store, licensed bar, and 'sticky bun' eatery), cinema, and outdoor swimming pool (one of only two on the island).^[3]

References

^ Avis, Graham (December 1998). "Avis Part Twenty - The Final Saga?". Ascension Island Heritage Society. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Weber, Nicola; Weber, Sam (2014). "Biodiversity Action Plan: Finding the balance between native and introduced vegetation" (PDF). Ascension Island Conservation Quarterly (48). Ascension Island Government: 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "RAF Travellers Hill - Google Earth". earth.google.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

Active Royal Air Force stations

United
Kingdom

front-line flying	Benson Brize Norton Coningsby Lossiemouth Marham Northolt Odiham Waddington
support and administrative	Barnham Leeming Henlow High Wycombe Honington Wittering
training	Barkston Heath Cosford Cranwell Halton Shawbury Spadeadam St Athan St Mawgan Syerston Valley Woodvale
Air Surveillance & Control System	Boulmer Benbecula Brizlee Wood Buchan Neatishead Portreath Saxa Vord Staxton Wold
intelligence gathering	Digby Wyton
space surveillance	Fylingdales
US visiting forces	Alconbury Barford St John Blenheim Crescent Croughton Fairford Feltwell Lakenheath Menwith Hill Mildenhall Molesworth Welford

overseas

permanent joint operating bases	Akrotiri Ascension Island Gibraltar Mount Pleasant

v t e Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Capital: Jamestown
Saint Helena	Governor Chief Minister Legislative Council Flag Coat of arms Jamestown Alarm Forest Barren Ground Blue Hill Half Tree Hollow Levelwood Longwood Ruperts Saint Paul's Sandy Bay Saint Helena Airport
Ascension Island	Governor (Administrator) Island Council Flag Coat of arms Georgetown Cat Hill Travellers Hill Two Boats RAF Ascension Island Green Mountain
Tristan da Cunha	Governor (Administrator) Island Council Flag Coat of arms Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Potato Patches Inaccessible Island Nightingale Islands Nightingale Island Middle Island Stoltenhoff Island Gough Island Sandy Point
Other	Constitution

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