Type Barracks In use 1960–Present Year built 1960 Occupant Adjutant General's Corps | Operator British Army Phone +44 1962 887857 Owner Ministry of Defence | |
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Occupants Adjutant General's Corps Address Building 21, Kings Worthy, Winchester SO21 2RG, UK Similar Army Families Federation, Army Careers Centre, Winchest Military Museums, Forest Holidays Blackwoo | ||
Worthy Down Barracks is a British Army barracks near Winchester, Hampshire. It is the headquarters and depot of the Adjutant General's Corps and is part of the Winchester Garrison. From 2018 it will host the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration, which will provide training for key support roles for all three armed services. The site is located between the villages of South Wonston and Kings Worthy.
History
The site was handed over to the Royal Army Pay Corps in 1960 and became home to the Electronic Accounting Development Unit who housed their computer centre with its IBM 705 system there. The computer was used to process the 1961 UK census electronically for the first time.
With the merger of the Royal Army Pay Corps into the Adjutant General's Corps in 1992 the barracks became the headquarters of the Adjutant General's Corps and training depot for members of the Staff and Personnel Support, Education and Training Services and Army Legal Service branches.
In 2012 the RAF School of Administration moved to Worthy Down from Southwick Park, near Portsmouth, resulting in all three schools of the Defence School of Personnel Administration being co-located on one site.
On 9 June 2014 the Ministry of Defence announced that a new £250 million Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration was to be built at Worthy Down, with training facilities and living accommodation for up to 2,000 students and staff. The facility, which will bring the training for key support roles for the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force onto a single site for the first time, will be completed by late 2018.