Whitley Bay, radar station

Site of a Second World War radar station, recorded by the Defence of Britain project, is visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs. Further associated features are also visible including a a potential searchlight battery, two short sections of trench, weapons pits, a military camp, military roads, military buidings and trackways. It was armed with No.3 Mark V radar in November 1945. It was retained as a Nucleus Force Headquarters Battery in 1946. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. Now a caravan park.