RAF Trimingham

RAF Trimingham or RRH (Remote Radar Head) Trimingham is a radar station on the Norfolk coast a little south of Cromer. The station was originally established by the Bristish Army in 1942 before passing to the Air Ministry the following year. Apart from being used to detect German E-boats and low flying aircraft it also served as an Oboe station which sent signals out to help navigation of RAF aircraft on bombing raids. The site was deactivated for a while after WWII but reactivated in 1949 until being mothballed in 1965 and the site sold off in 1981.However, in the late 1980s the RAF reacquired the site and a new radar system was installed. Last year it was announced that RAF Trimingham would be moved 8 miles to RAF Neatishead due to the threat of coastal erosion and the increased interference experienced by operators from the off-shore wind turbines. The move is scheduled to be completed this year. Here is the site currently which includes derelict buildings across the road from the main site presumably dating back to WWII.