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The High Down Rocket Test Site was on the Isle of Wight near The Needles

Below is an extract from the introduction of by Wayne Cocroft for English Heritage in 2007 ISSN 1749-8775

The remains of the High Down Test Site are a rare example of a 1950s British rocket test facility, built at a time when the country was amongst a handful of nations at the forefront of rocket and missile technology. Internationally, large rocket testing facilities of this date are uncommon...

The site was built and operated in secret, from the 1950s. Black Arrow was tested at the site, which was used to launch Prospero which was a wholly British project. Black Knight was also tested there.

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 * Now and Then images

Category:Isle of Wight