Coach Lane, Barrage Balloon Centre

HER Number

5673

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Coach Lane, Barrage Balloon Centre

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Base

Site Type: Specific

Barrage Balloon Centre

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

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).

Easting

427680

Northing

568160

Grid Reference

NZ427680568160

Sources

<< 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