ROF Chorley was a UK government-owned munitions filling Royal Ordnance Factory (Filling Factory No. 1). It was planned as a permanent Royal Ordnance Factory with the intention that it, unlike some other similar facilities, would remain open for production after the end of World War II; and, together with ROF Bridgend (Filling Factory No. 2), would replace the Royal Filling Factory located at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. It was built largely in Euxton, but was known as ROF Chorley.
After the privatization of the Royal Ordnance Factories in the 1980s it became part of the Ammunition Division of Royal Ordnance plc and later a production unit of BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions. Chorley factory closed in 2005-07 and the majority of the site is now home to the new Buckshaw Village on the outskirts of Chorley, although many remnants remain.
The factory had a storage depot built deep into the Pennine hills, over Chorley, in the village of Heapey; the facility is still in use by BAE although its exact usage has still not been revealed.[1][2]
53°40′48″N 2°39′40″W / 53.680°N 2.661°W / 53.680; -2.661 ROFChorley was a UK government-owned munitions filling Royal Ordnance Factory (Filling Factory...
government-owned company: Royal Ordnance plc. Its headquarters was moved to ROFChorley, Lancashire; with its registered office located in central London. The...
traverses between buildings. ROF Bishopton occupied over 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) and ROFChorley was 900 acres (3.6 km2). Each ROF tended to be self-contained...
Chorley children go on to attend the nearby Runshaw College in Leyland. Runshaw College had also expanded into the former administration site of ROF Chorley...
Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Leeds, first opened as a munitions factory in December 1915 and opened as an ROF in January 1936, was one of a number of...
Factories such as ROFChorley and ROF Glascoed for filling into munitions. It also concentrated and re-cycled its own sulphuric acid. Like all ROFs at the time...
guest lodgings for the hall. There was a large Royal Ordnance Factory (ROFChorley) built here in the buildup to the Second World War (Nevell et al., 1999)...
across a minefield. In the 1970s, the Giant Viper hoses were filled at ROFChorley. Once it lands the charge is detonated, clearing a six-metre-wide path...
between the towns of Chorley and Leyland in Lancashire, England, developed on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Chorley. It had[when?] a...
production would be transferred to two new factories at ROFChorley in Lancashire (Filling Factory No.1) and ROF Bridgend in Glamorgan (Filling Factory No.2). As...
Factory No. 18 ROF Cardiff (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales Engineering ROFROFChorley Euxton, Lancashire...
and demolition of the gunpowder section at the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROFChorley, at the end of World War II, and of ICI Nobel's Roslin gunpowder factory...
II. Naval propellants were then manufactured at ROF Bishopton and filled at ROFChorley, and later ROF Glascoed.[citation needed] HM Factory, Gretna NEF...
stated that there was some evidence that the man had also stolen from ROFChorley when he was based there. In the wake of the thefts, security was tightened...
Arsenal's Filling Factory with one at ROFChorley and another at ROF Bridgend, but it was soon realised that many more ROFs would be needed. Just over forty...
the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROFChorley) between Chorley and Leyland. It is close to the site of the four-platform ChorleyROF Halt, which was closed in...
ROF Risley, (Filling Factory No.6) was a large World War II Royal Ordnance Factory filling munitions, including the Grand Slam bomb, in the UK. It is...
the closure of the gunpowder section at the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROFChorley, the section was closed and demolished at the end of World War II, and...
of BAE Systems and had an "ammunitions storage facility" and part of ROFChorley. Although the base was closed in 1990s some planning applications were...
convoys direct to RAF Wittering. The others were AWRE Aldermaston, ROF Burghfield, ROFChorley (Lancashire), and Woolwich Arsenal. No. 40 Group was disbanded...
Rivington Hall Barn adjoins Rivington Hall in Rivington, Lancashire, near Chorley and Bolton. The Tithe barn foundation stones support a Medieval cruck construction...
establish a new munitions factory. The munitions complex was known as ROFChorley and the hall was used for office accommodation. In 2005 the factory was...
Ellerbeck Colliery ROFChorley Listed in Adlington Anderton Anglezarke Bank Hall Estate Bretherton Brindle Charnock Richard Chorley Clayton-le-Woods Coppull...
mine located on the border of Coppull and Adlington in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. The Hilton House and Red Moss Coal Company sank...
Ordnance Factory site, ROFChorley, on the Preston to Manchester line which opened on 24 January 1938, the station was named 'ROF Halt' and closed on 31...
Bolton-to-Preston line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) near Chorley. This connected with the existing lines between Garston Dock and St Helens...
or Bronze Age tumulus on Anglezarke Moor in the West Pennine Moors near Chorley in Lancashire, England. The bowl barrow is a scheduled monument considered...
0-4-0DM, works no. 362, Mulberry 70047 Fowler 0-4-0DM, works no. 4220022, ROFChorley No.4 The Long Marston site is also used for the storage of surplus main...
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