List of British Army installations

This is a list of British Army installations in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and overseas. This list does not include Army Reserve centres or drill halls.

Background

Under the Army Basing Programme, announced in 2013, more than 100 army units relocated, disbanded, reconfigured or re-roled as part of the government's commitment to bring all units back from Germany by 2020. The programme focused on personnel being increasingly concentrated around Salisbury Plain, Cottesmore, Aldershot, Colchester, Stafford and Catterick, the largest British Army garrison in the world.
In February 2020, the British Army relinquished control of Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld, the last remaining headquarters for British Forces Germany, following 75 years in the country, marking the end of the Army Basing Programme and Operation Owl, and the return of 20,000 British troops.
The British Army retains a presence at a small number of installations primarily in the North Rhine-Westphalia area of Germany as part of what is now known as British Army Germany.
Overseas military bases enable the British Army to conduct expeditionary warfare, "maintain a persistent forward presence", "deter potential adversaries", and train in all environments.
The British Army provides the most significant long-term overseas presence to:

British Forces Cyprus in Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri & Dhekelia,
British Forces South Atlantic Islands in the Falkland Islands,
British Forces Gibraltar, including the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.
British Forces Brunei in Seria, Brunei.

The British Army has a network of permanent operating bases overseas, primarily in:

British Army Training Unit Kenya,
British Army Training Unit Suffield, in Canada,
British Army Training and Support Unit Belize
Omani-British Joint Training Area, in Oman, used as a Land Regional Hub.
British Army Germany and the Sennelager Training Area.

As part of the government's Better Defence Estate strategy, announced in November 2016, the Army plans to, over a period of 25 years, close down and dispose of numerous bases in the UK. This more efficient approach "co-locates people and capabilities in sustainable locations around centres of mass," and also releases land for up to 55,000 new homes.

United Kingdom

Garrisons

;Aldershot Garrison, Hampshire, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Duchess of Kent Barracks	1969		251 Signal Squadron, 10th Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals
Fox Lines			Regimental Headquarters, Royal Army Physical Training Corps Army School of Physical Training
Gale Barracks			Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC G Troop, 562 Transport Squadron, 151 (Greater London) Regiment, RLC
Keogh Barracks	1938		2nd Battalion, Ranger Regiment 22 Multi-Role Medical Regiment, RAMC
Lille Barracks			1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Mons Barracks			1st Battalion, Irish Guards
Montgomery House			Headquarters, Home Command Headquarters, Regional Command
New Normandy Barracks			4th Battalion, Ranger Regiment
St Omer Barracks			Headquarters, Army Special Operations Brigade Headquarters, 101 Operational Sustainment Brigade 77 AEC Group, ETS
Taurus House			Headquarters, 11th Brigade Headquarters, South East
Travers Barracks			27 Regiment RLC

;Tidworth, Netheravon & Bulford Garrison, Wiltshire, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Aliwal Barracks			Royal Tank Regiment King's Royal Hussars
Assaye Barracks			Queen's Royal Hussars 2 Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps
Bhurtpore Barracks			1st Armoured Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps
Campion Lines			Headquarters, Defence Serious Crime Unit
Candahar Barracks			10 AEC Group, ETS
Delhi Barracks			Headquarters, 3rd Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade 6th Armoured Close Support Battalion, REME
Jellalabad Barracks			Headquarters South West 4th Armoured Close Support Battalion, REME
Kiwi Barracks			Headquarters, 3rd Regiment, Royal Military Police
Lucknow Barracks			1st Battalion, Royal Welsh
Mooltan Barracks			1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Airfield Camp, Netheravon			Joint Service Parachute Wing Netheravon Headquarters, Army Parachute Association
Picton Barracks			Headquarters, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division 3rd (UK) Division Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment Headquarters, 7th Signals Group
Powle Lines			Household Cavalry Regiment
Prince Philip Lines			3 Armoured Close Support Battalion REME
Swinton Barracks			1 Signal Regiment 15 Signal Regiment 22 Engineer Regiment 26 Engineer Regiment
Ward Barracks			Headquarters, [12th Armoured Infantry of the British Army\|Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)\|12th Armoured Infantry Brigade Combat Team] 4 Military Intelligence Battalion 5th Battalion, The Rifles
Wing Barracks	1897		Headquarters, 25 (Close Support) Engineer Group

;Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Alma Lines			1st Battalion, Royal Yorkshire Regiment
Bourlon Barracks			Headquarters North Headquarters, 4th Light Brigade Combat Team Headquarters, Catterick Garrison The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland 1st Military Intelligence Battalion, Intelligence Corps
Cambrai Barracks			The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own)
Gaza Barracks			The Light Dragoons 3 Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Regiment, Royal Military Police
Helles Barracks			Infantry Training Centre
Marne Barracks	1994		5th Regiment, Royal Artillery 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery 32nd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
Megiddo Lines			1 Close Support Battalion REME
Piave Lines			521 EOD Squadron Catterick Military Court Centre
Somme Barracks			1st Battalion, Scots Guards
Vimy Barracks			3 AEC Group, ETS

Colchester Garrison, Essex, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Berechurch Hall Camp			Military Corrective Training Centre
Goojerat Barracks			156 Provost Company
Merville Barracks			Headquarters, 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team The Pathfinder Platoon 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment 16 (Close Support) Medical Regiment 216 Parachute Signal Squadron 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 13 Air Assault Support Regiment, RLC 18 AEC Group, ETS 16 VHR MI Coy, Intelligence Corps

;Edinburgh Garrison, Edinburgh, Scotland

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Edinburgh Castle	1103		Regimental Headquarters, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Dreghorn Barracks	1939		3rd Battalion, The Rifles. Edinburgh Troop, 521 EOD Squadron, 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment, RLC
Glencorse Barracks	1803		Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland Army Assessment Centre, Glencorse
Redford Barracks	1915	Set to close in 2029.	51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland 27 AEC Group, ETS Headquarters, 5 Military Intelligence Battalion, Intelligence Corps Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming

;Larkhill Garrison, Wiltshire, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Horne Barracks			47th Regiment Royal Artillery
Purvis Lines			26th Regiment Royal Artillery 19th Regiment Royal Artillery
Roberts Barracks			32nd Regiment Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill			Royal School of Artillery 14th (Training) Regiment, Royal Artillery 12 AEC Group, ETS

;London Garrison, London, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Tower of London	1078		Regimental Headquarters, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Regimental Headquarters, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
Hyde Park Barracks	1795		Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment
Horse Guards	1759		Headquarters, London District
Regent's Park Barracks	1896		20 Transport Squadron, Royal Logistic Corps Regimental Headquarters, Queen's Royal Hussars Regimental Headquarters, 21 SAS (Artists) (R)
Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich	1802	Set to close in 2028.	1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 100th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery Countess of Wessex's String Orchestra 30 AEC Group, ETS
Napier Lines	1802		The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery
Wellington Barracks	1833		Headquarters, Guards Division Public Duties Incremental Companies: Nijmegan Company, Grenadier Guards No.7 Company, Coldstream Guards F Company, Scots Guards No.9 Company, Irish Guards No.12 Company, Irish Guards

;Pirbright Garrison, Surrey, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Alexander Barracks	1875		Army Training Centre, Pirbright 1st Army Training Regiment 2nd Army Training Regiment Headquarters Regiment Army Assessment Centre, Pirbright
Brunswick Lines	1875		Household Division and Parachute Regiment Centralised Courses
Elizabeth Barracks	2011		3rd Battalion, Ranger Regiment

;Warminster Garrison, Wiltshire, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Battlesbury Barracks	1938		Headquarters, Experimentation and Trials Group Royal Dragoon Guards 12 AEC Group, ETS
Harman Lines	1975		Falcon Squadron, Royal Tank Regiment Land Warfare Centre Battlegroup Light Aid Detachment, REME
Waterloo Lines	1945		Headquarters, Land Warfare Centre Headquarters, Infantry Headquarters, Small Arms School Corps Specialist Weapons School Combat Manoeuvre Centre Gurkha Company – OPFOR role Junior Staff Centre Combined Arms Tactical Trainer Infantry Trials and Development Unit Reconnaissance and Armoured Tactics Division

;Bovington Garrison, Dorset, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Allenby Barracks	1899		Headquarters, Royal Armoured Corps Regimental Headquarters, Royal Wessex Yeomanry The Armour Centre
Lulworth Camp	1918		Armoured Fighting Vehicle Gunnery School

;Winchester Garrison, Hampshire, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Peninsula Barracks			Home Headquarters, King's Royal Hussars Regimental Headquarters, The Rifles
Sir John Moore Barracks, Winchester	1986	Set to close in 2026.	Army Training Regiment, Winchester
Worthy Down Camp	1960		Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration Headquarters, Adjutant General's Corps Headquarters, Royal Logistic Corps

;Blandford Garrison, Dorset, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Blandford Camp	1724		Headquarters, Royal Corps of Signals Headquarters, Defence School of Communications and Information Systems 11 (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment 13 Signal Regiment 280 Signal Squadron, 1st NATO Signal Battalion Communication Information Systems Trails and Development Unit

;York Garrison, North Yorkshire, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Imphal Barracks	1880	Set to close in 2030.	Headquarters, 1st (United Kingdom) Division Headquarters, 19th Brigade 2 Signal Regiment 12 Military Intelligence Company, 1 Military Intelligence Battalion 3 AEC Group, ETS
Queen Elizabeth Barracks	1884		Headquarters, 2 Medical Group 21 Multi-Role Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps

;Hereford Garrison, Herefordshire, England

Name	Year opened	Future	Notes and units
Pontrilas Camp	Pre-WW2		SAS counter-terrorism training area.
Stirling Lines	1999		22 Special Air Service Regiment Special Reconnaissance Regiment 264 Signal Squadron (SAS) 267 Signal Squadron (SRR) No. 658 Squadron (AAC)

Major Defence Training Areas

Name	Constituent Country	County	Year opened	Notes and units
Castlemartin	Wales	Pembrokeshire	1938	Tank and armoured vehicle live firing range.
Catterick	England	North Yorkshire	1921	Consists of numerous live firing ranges, an urban warfare village 'Whinny Hill', and 9,000 acres of dry training areas.
Dartmoor	England	Devon	1800
Garelochhead	Scotland	Argyll and Bute	1940
Otterburn	England	Northumberland	1911	The only place in the UK where the MLRS can be fired.
Salisbury Plain	England	Wiltshire	1898	The largest training area in the UK, primarily used by the 3rd Division. Contains an urban warfare village 'Copehill Down'.
Sennybridge	Wales	Powys	1939	Located in the Brecon Beacons and hosts live firing and dry training activities. Hills Phase of UK Special Forces selection takes place here.
Stanford	England	Norfolk	1942	Contains a mock Afghanistan village and complex trench facilities, now used primarily for training the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Warcop	England	Cumbria	1942

British Overseas Territories

Gibraltar

British Forces Gibraltar maintains the garrison at Gibraltar.

Name	Part of	Country	Region	Opened	Units
Devil's Tower Camp	British Forces Gibraltar	Gibraltar		1942	Regimental Headquarters, Royal Gibraltar Regiment
Four Corners Estate	British Forces Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Tunnels of Gibraltar	British Forces Gibraltar	Gibraltar		1782	34 Miles of tunnels offer a unique training ground for British Forces Gibraltar. Whilst expansion of the network ceased in 1968 and some areas have been turned over to the Civil Administration of Gibraltar, most of the network remains in MOD ownership.

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

The two British enclaves in the Republic of Cyprus act as platforms for the projection of British military assets in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. The enclaves serve as centres for regional communications monitoring from the eastern Mediterranean through the Middle East to Iran. Facilities within the retained areas also support British military activities on retained sites in the Republic of Cyprus and provide unique training opportunities.

Name	Part of	Country	Region	Opened	Units
Episkopi Cantonment	British Forces Cyprus	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Western Sovereign Base Area	Sovereign Base Areas established in 1960	Headquarters, British Forces Cyprus The 'Resident Infantry Battalion', currently 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, until 2026.
Paramali North and South Quarters	British Forces Cyprus	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Western Sovereign Base Area	Sovereign Base Areas established in 1960

Name	Part of	Country	Region	Opened	Units
Alexander Barracks	British Forces Cyprus	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Eastern Sovereign Base Area	Sovereign Base Areas established in 1960	The 'Regional Standby Battalion', currently 1st Battalion, The Rifles, until summer 2025.
Ayios Nikolaos Station	British Forces Cyprus	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Eastern Sovereign Base Area	Sovereign Base Areas established in 1960	The Joint Service Signal Unit, a static communications organisation maintaining secure links from Cyprus to the rest of the world. The station is a significant centre for GCHQ's collection of signals data and intelligence from the Eastern Mediterranean region and Middle East.
Dhekelia Cantonment	British Forces Cyprus	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Eastern Sovereign Base Area	Sovereign Base Areas established in 1960	Headquarters of the Eastern Sovereign Base Area An engineer squadron, and various logistic units, as well as UK-based civilians and dependents.
Nightingale Barracks	British Forces Cyprus	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Eastern Sovereign Base Area

Overseas

Brunei

Around 2000 personnel of the British Army, primarily from the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles, are stationed at the various sites of Brunei Garrison in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam, under the control of British Forces Brunei. Medicina Lines, Tuker Lines, and Scout Base are close to the Bruneian town of Seria within Mukim Seria, Belait District, whilst the more isolated placement of Sittang Camp in Tutong District reflects its role as a Jungle Training Centre.

Name	Part of	Country	District	Opened	Description
Medicina Lines	British Forces Brunei	Brunei Darussalam	Belait District	1959	Located near the Bruneian town Seria within Mukim Seria, it includes headquarters British Army Jungle Warfare Division, which run the courses: Operational Tracking Instructors Course Jungle Warfare Instructors Course
Sittang Camp	BritishForces Brunei	Brunei Darussalam	Tutong District	1959	Jungle training facility; staff and troops live in the jungle during training
Tuker Lines	British Forces Brunei	Brunei Darussalam	Belait District	1959	Home to the Headquarters, British Forces Brunei and 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, as well as: Brunei Police Unit, Royal Military Police Brunei Signal Troop, Queen's Gurkha Signals Logistic Support Troop, Royal Logistic Corps

Canada

Following the withdrawal of the RAF from CFB Goose Bay, the sole British deployment in Canada is the Army Training Unit at Suffield.

Name	Part of	Country	County	Opened	Units
CFB Suffield	British Army Training Unit Suffield	Canada	Alberta	In use by the British Army Since 1971.	BATUS is the British Army's largest armoured training facility, and it can accommodate live-firing and tactical effect simulation exercises up to battle group level. 105 Logistic Support Squadron, RLC BATUS REME Workshop Resident OPFOR - rotated every year. This is made up of either an armoured regiment or infantry battalion. 400 permanent staff 1000 temporary deployed soldiers in training In excess of 1000 vehicles including Challenger 2, Warrior, Bulldog, Trojan, AS-90, Titan.

Cyprus

In addition to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, the 1960 Treaty of Establishment between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus granted the UK the right to permanently make use of 40 further sites on the island for military purposes. Britain also makes a permanent contribution to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.

Name	Part of	Country	County	Opened	Units
Blue Beret Camp	United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus	Cyprus	Nicosia	1964	Groups of British soldiers are deployed as part of the nine-member United Nations Force which patrols the UNPA to prevent a resurgence of violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. They are operationally distinct from British Forces Cyprus. Currently, 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment is deployed on Operation Tosca.

Germany

In 2010 approximately 25,000 British soldiers were permanently based in western Germany, a legacy of World War II and the Cold War. Facilities in Germany are no longer strategically useful, therefore British Forces began withdrawing from Germany in 2010; in 2015 21,500 troops remained in the country. The deployment had been phased out by 2020, although concentrations of installations and troops in the Mönchengladbach / Paderborn area will remain.

Name	City	Country	County	Units
Normandy Barracks	Paderborn	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Headquarters, British Army Germany: Commander, British Army Germany Germany Enabling Office Germany Support Unit Sennelager Training Area Command and Staff Trainer; Combined Arms Tactical Trainer; Combat Ready Training Centre. 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron, Royal Engineers. Exercising Troops accommodation.
Athlone Barracks	Paderborn	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Land Training Fleet - which provides and maintains a pool of military vehicles for units in training at Sennelager; thus units in training do not need to bring their own vehicles for the time of the exercise.
Ayrshire Barracks	Mönchengladbach	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Stored Equipment Fleet - storage depot of vehicles and other equipment for exercises and operations around Europe.
Wulfen Defence Munitions Storage Facility	Dorsten	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	Munitions storage facility.

Nepal

The British Army presence in Nepal is related to the Brigade of Gurkhas. British Gurkhas Nepal manages the recruitment of soldiers, the care of families and ensures the rights of veterans.

Name	Garrison	Country	County	Opened	Notes
HQ Jawalakhel, Patan	British Gurkhas Nepal	Nepal	Kathmandu		The Headquarters British Gurkhas Nepal and the Kathmandu station, which is the focal point for organisation of transit to and from Nepal, the welfare of serving soldiers and payment of pensions. Supported by the Nepal Signal Troop, Queen's Gurkha Signals.
Pokhara Camp	British Gurkhas Nepal	Nepal			The British Gurkha Camp in Pokhara is the main recruitment centre, where the annual selection course is run. Pokhara is also the location of the main pension records and houses the headquarters of the Gurkha Welfare Trust.
Dharan Station	British Gurkhas Nepal	Nepal			A small station intended to assist British Gurkhas Nepal operations in eastern Nepal. It is used primarily as a movement base and regional recruiting centre.

Kenya

The British Army presence in Kenya is based around the British Army Training Unit Kenya.

Name	Part of	Country	County	Opened	Units
Archer's Post Training Area	British Army Training Unit Kenya	Kenya	Samburu County		A large 250,000 hectares military training area, which facilitates Live Fire Tactical Training, including artillery, mortars and vehicles.
Dol Dol Training Area	British Army Training Unit Kenya	Kenya	Laikipia County
Nyati Barracks	British Army Training Unit Kenya	Kenya	Laikipia County	2020	Training headquarters, welfare facilities, 158 Single Living Accommodation and 1,400 transit accommodation bed spaces, a combined mess, a finance building, offices, stores and Joint Forces Enabling Exercise buildings.
Kahawa Barracks	British Army Training Unit Kenya	Kenya	Nairobi		BATUK rear area base and depot.
Kifaru Barracks	British Army Training Unit Kenya	Kenya	Nairobi		BATUK rear area base and depot.
International Mine Action Training Centre	The British Peace Support Team East Africa	Kenya	Nairobi County	2005	The IMATC is a joint British and Kenyan venture aimed at alleviating the suffering caused by landmines and explosive remnants of war, by providing high quality Mine Action Training
Peace Training Support Centre	The British Peace Support Team East Africa	Kenya	Nairobi County	2005

Sierra Leone

Name	Garrison	Country	County	Opened	Notes & Units
IMATT HQ, Leicester Peak	IMATT	Sierra Leone	Freetown	1999	Facility for training the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces IMATT has a team of international staff based in Sierra Leone where they provide the government with security and military advice and training, playing an important role in supporting the country's climb from the chaos of civil war.