Type Ammunition depository In use 1941–present | Open to
the public No Year built 1941 | |
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Owner Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) Address Wentworth Ave, Southam CV47 2UD, UK | ||
Defence Munitions (DM) Kineton occupies the site officially known as MOD Kineton, and is a Ministry of Defence property located close to the village of Kineton, Warwickshire, England.
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History
Developed from 1941 onwards between Kineton and the neighbouring village of Temple Herdewyke, it is approximately 10 miles (16 km) from both Banbury and Leamington Spa. Developed as a Central Ammunition Depot, it also served during the Second World War as a transit camp, with Polish and Czechoslovakian troops stationed there.
Rail links
Defence Munitions Kineton extends to several hundred acres. It is linked to the Network Rail mainline system by a branchline consisting of part of the former mainline of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, from Fenny Compton. The building of the M40 motorway cut the line for a time, but after a new bridge was built, the line was rebuilt in its entirety with deep ballast and fully welded joints.
The depot also stores spare railway carriages and locomotives on behalf of the various UK Train Operating Companies.
Based units
The site also houses the Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Munitions and Search School, and there is an extensive military family married quarters patch at Kineton, along with its associated information centre - Kineton HIVE.