Tyne and Wear HER(5673): Longbenton, Coach Lane, Barrage Balloon Centre - Details
5673
N Tyneside
Longbenton, Coach Lane, Barrage Balloon Centre
Longbenton
NZ26NE
Defence
Military Base
Barrage Balloon Centre
Modern
C20
Demolished Building
This was the Barrage Balloon Centre of RAF Longbenton. It included four barrage balloon sites for mooring balloons, a number of air raid shelters and sme slit trenches. Associated buildings were quite extensive. An airship hangar was photographed in 1992. Now demolished. Surrounded by timber huts. There was a complex of pillboxes in this area (HER 5433,5434 and 5436).
2768
6816
NZ27686816
<< HER 5673 >> Pers. Comm. Chris Hamilton, 2003, Winlaton; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1317918; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/LA/181 2006 16-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/UK/1193 4255 27-FEB-1946