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Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery

England

List entry 1402264

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1402264

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

7.15 hectares

Grid reference

NZ3204878530

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery is a Second World War defensive installation located in Northumberland. The battery formed part of the broader anti-aircraft defence network established across northern England during the 1940s to protect against enemy air attack. The site comprises the physical remains of gun emplacements and associated structures typical of heavy anti-aircraft installations of this period. As a designated monument, it preserves evidence of Britain's home defence infrastructure during the latter stages of the Second World War.

Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1402264. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery?

Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery is a Second World War defensive installation located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1402264.

Who is responsible for protecting Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery?

Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1402264.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links (1.2 km), Enclosure 600yds (540m) NE of Burradon House (6.4 km), West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm (6.8 km).

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links

1.2 km

Enclosure 600yds (540m) NE of Burradon House

6.4 km

West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm

6.8 km

Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm

7 km

Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery

Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery

Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~13.1 miles Battle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~22.7 miles

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