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List of Royal Ordnance Factories
This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories.
| Name |
Location |
Type |
Number
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| Royal Arsenal Factory No. 1 |
Woolwich, London, England |
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No. 1
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| Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No. 2 |
Enfield, London, England |
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No. 2
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| Royal Powder Mill |
Waltham Abbey, Essex, England |
Explosive ROF |
No. 31
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| ROF Aycliffe |
County Durham, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 8
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| ROF Beech Hill |
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England |
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No. 15
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| ROF Birtley |
Birtley, County Durham, England |
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| ROF Bishopton (3 factories) |
Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
Explosive ROF |
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| ROF Blackburn |
Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
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| ROF Blackpole |
Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
SAA Factory |
No. 20
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| ROF Brackla |
Bridgend, Wales |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 11
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| ROF Bridgend |
Bridgend, Wales |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 2
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| ROF Bridgwater |
Bridgwater, Somerset, England |
Explosive ROF |
No. 37
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| ROF Burghfield (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) |
Burghfield, Berkshire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 18
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| ROF Cardiff (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) |
Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales |
Engineering ROF |
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| ROF Chorley |
Euxton, Lancashire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 1
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| ROF Dalmuir |
Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland |
Engineering ROF |
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| ROF Drigg |
Drigg, Cumbria, England |
Explosive ROF |
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| ROF Dunham on the Hill |
Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire, England |
Explosives storage depot |
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| ROF Elstow |
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 16
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| ROF Fazakerley |
Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
Rifles Factory |
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| ROF Featherstone |
Featherstone, Wolverhampton, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 17
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| ROF Glascoed (later BAE Systems Munitions Glascoed) |
Glascoed, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 3
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| ROF Hirwaun |
Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales |
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| ROF Irvine |
Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
Explosive ROF |
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| ROF Kirkby |
Kirkby, Merseyside, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 7
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| ROF Leeds |
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
Engineering ROF |
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| ROF Maltby |
Maltby, South Yorkshire, England |
Rifles Factory |
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| ROF Melmerby |
Melmerby, North Yorkshire, England |
Munitions Inspection Factory |
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| ROF Newport |
Newport, Wales |
Engineering ROF |
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| ROF Nottingham |
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
Engineering ROF |
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| ROF Patricroft |
Eccles, Greater Manchester, England |
M/C Shop Engineering ROF |
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| ROF Pembrey |
Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
Explosive ROF |
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| ROF Poole |
Poole, Dorset, England |
Engineering ROF |
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| ROF Queniborough |
Queniborough, Leicestershire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 10
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| ROF Radway Green |
near Alsager, Cheshire, England |
SAA Factory |
No. 13
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| ROF Ranskill |
Ranskill, Nottinghamshire, England |
Explosive ROF |
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| ROF Risley |
Risley, Cheshire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 6
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| ROF Rotherwas |
Rotherwas, Herefordshire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 4
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| ROF Ruddington |
Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 14
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| ROF Sellafield (later the nuclear establishment Sellafield) |
Sellafield, Cumbria, England |
Explosive ROF |
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| ROF Southall |
Southall, London, England |
SAA Filling Factory |
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| ROF Summerfield |
Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
SAA Filling Factory |
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| ROF Spennymoor |
Spennymoor, County Durham, England |
SAA Factory |
No. 21
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| ROF Steeton |
Steeton, West Yorkshire, England |
SAA Factory |
No. 22
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| ROF Swynnerton |
Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 5
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| ROF Theale |
Theale, Berkshire, England |
Engineering ROF |
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| ROF Thorp Arch |
Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, England |
Filling Factory |
Filling Factory No. 9
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| ROF Wrexham |
Wrexham, Wales |
Explosive ROF |
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See also
References
Further reading
- Cocroft, Wayne D., (2000). Dangerous Energy: The archaeology of gunpowder and military explosives manufacture, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 1-85074-718-0.
- Kohan, C. M., (1952). Works and Buildings: (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). London: HMSO & Longmans, Green and Co.
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