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Catterick Garrison

Catterick Garrison is a major Army base located in Northern England. It is the largest British Army garrison in the world. It is said to be the largest army base in Europe. It is not a single fenced base, but several separate barracks around which a town has developed.

The Garrison houses both 4 Mech Bde and the Infantry Training Centre (Catterick) where all infantry soldiers receive their basic training. The siting of the Garrison was first recommended by Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement, in 1908 whilst he was based at the army barracks at that time located in Richmond Castle. The original name of the base was Richmond Camp before being changed to Catterick Camp in 1915.


The Garrison is well supported with a variety of facilities within the Army Welfare Service community complex, including the HIVE, free internet facilities (in HIVE), the NSPCC Almond Tree Project, mother and toddler sessions and children’s activities hosted by Community Support. Outside the AWS complex are other facilities including two well used Community Centres hosting regular events - the White Rose Club which houses a ten pin bowling alley and the Dalesman Community Centre which adjoins Soldier Sam’s adventure play centre and the Dales Youth Centre. There is a new leisure centre hosting three swimming pools and other sporting and recreational facilities. Catterick also has an 18-hole golf course, a thrift shop and a library.

The Garrison is made of many different groups of buildings spread over a wide area and includes a number of individual barracks: Waithwith Banks, Gaza Barracks, Megiddo Lines, Cambrai Barracks, Bourlon Barracks, Vimy Barracks, (HQ School of Infantry), Helles Barracks, Harden Barracks, Somme Barracks, Helles Barracks, Alma Barracks, Duchess of Kent's Barracks, Piave Lines, Wathgill Camp (6 miles from the Garrison), Munster Barracks, Marne Bks.

Units based in Catterick

• 4 Mechanized Brigade HQ & Signal Sqdn (204 Signal Squadron) , ITC Catterick
 




The information on this site has been compiled from various sources accessible on the internet:  acknowledgements are due to The British Army Website, the HIVE website, and Wikipedia. 
The site is intended to be an impartial and useful source of information about the Forces Base and surrounding area for members of HM Armed Forces, their families and civilians working on the Base. There should be nothing of a sensitive nature as everything here is readily available on the internet.  If you spot anything that is out of date or just plain wrong, please contact us.