Title

Greymare Hill missile test area, RAF Spadeadam, Cumbria, 2014

Caption

Greymare Hill missile test area, RAF Spadeadam, Cumbria, 2014. Aerial view of one of the rocket firing stands used for testing the Blue Streak missile programme in the 1950s.

Date

2014

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B41_397

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,8Mb (4,9Mb) / 20,2in x 13,4in / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)

Keywords

hill building buildings England politics country British Cumbria English color military location century Britain testing 21st century aerial view fifties disused 1950s Colour Cold War bird's eye view aerial photography missile 20th century military base English Heritage decade TGN photograph 2010s Historic England Staff Photographer Blue Streak Greymare Hill RAF Spadeadam rocket firing stand test site photograph