Defence
Antony Training Area & Tregantle Ranges stretches from the sandy beaches of Whitsand Bay in the south across 350 hectares of rolling pasture to the mud estuary of the River Lynher.
These range danger areas cover approximately 2000 hectares on primarily lowland heathland habitat, made up of a diverse mosaic of heathland, conifer and broad-leaved woodland, mire, scrub and acid grassland supporting a wide range of associated fauna and flora.
Castlemartin Range covers an area of approximately 2400 hectares on the South Pembrokeshire coast. The range lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Dartmoor is an area where the wildness of remote moorland remains undiminished. The landscape is dotted with many dramatic granite tors and other geological features.
On this Training Area there are 5 Scheduled Ancient Monuments, mainly barrow mounds, and 7 SSSIs, important for their chalk grasslands and semi ancient woodlands flora and fauna.
The Lulworth Range comprises more than 2,830 hectares. The Range is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The Training Area amounts to 23% of Northumberland National Park and consists of 58,000 acres of rolling uplands forming part of the Cheviot Foothills.
The Training Area consists of a rocky foreshore with a small cove at Jennycliff backed by steep slopes/cliffs rising to 100m and a small cliff top area of some 8.09 hectares mostly covered in scrub and brambles.
Penhale Camp and Training Area stands on the rugged north Cornwall coast looking out over the Atlantic Ocean. It is used by members of all three services (Army, Navy and RAF) and their cadet organisations.
The island area comprises a mixture of open grassland (displaying a colourful variety of meadow plants in season) and reed beds. This variety of habitat, in conjunction with the surrounding wetlands, makes Thorney Island one of the best MOD sites for ornithology, with species including Brent Geese, oystercatchers, lapwings, curlews, skylarks and shelduck.
Warcop Training Area (WTA) is situated within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It extends to some 9700 hectares and over two thirds of this area includes upland which forms part of the Appleby Fells Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Wyke Regis Training Area is part of the Defence Training Estate South West and is located at three sites. Two of these are on the northern side of the Fleet, a tidal lagoon with Chesil Beach, the shingle beach of international importance, on the southern side.
