Forest Moor

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Antenna system at HMS Forest Moor near Harrogate
Forest Moor is in the north of England

Forest Moor (also: Forest Moor Y-Station , later: HMS Forest Moor , today: Forest Moor School ) was a military base of the armed forces of the United Kingdom . He was in Nidderdale in the English county of North Yorkshire about 12  km west of Harrogate .

history

During the Second World War , Forest Moor was an important radio listening point for the British secret service from 1943 . As in most of the other Y-stations , mainly national HRO shortwave receivers were used. After the war, the facility was used from 1960 under the name HMS Forest Moor the British Royal Navy was as a radio listening station shut down until November of 2003. Today the facility is known as the Forest Moor School and is a school for difficult-to-educate children (see also: Special Education ).

Web links

  • Forest Moor aerial view , accessed July 7, 2017.
  • Photo of a Forest Moor HRO shortwave receiver, accessed July 7, 2017.
  • Forest Moor School Website for today's school, accessed July 10, 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dossier of Forest Moor 'Y' Station. Historical notes on the Army intercept station at Forest Moor, near Harrogate The National Archives (English). Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Audrie Gie talks about her time working at Y Stations during WWII . Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ HMS Forest Moor is decommissioned . Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Special school in pipeline at HMS Forest Moor site Harrogate Advertiser (English). Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  5. ^ Foremost School in Harrogate renamed Forest Moor School BBC (English). Retrieved July 10, 2017.

Coordinates: 54 ° 0 ′ 44.6 "  N , 1 ° 43 ′ 11.3"  W.