MOD Stafford
Ministry of Defence Stafford otherwise known as MOD Stafford, Stafford Station or Beacon Barracks is a Ministry of Defence site in Stafford, in England. It was formerly Royal Air Force Stafford or more simply RAF Stafford, a non-flying Royal Air Force station.Photo: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: UK Military base located in the West Midlands
- Also known as: “Beacon Barracks”, “MoD Stafford”, “MOD Stafford (Beacon Barracks)”, and “RAF Stafford”
- Address: Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0AQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include County Hospital and St Peter.
County Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Bookishferret, CC BY-SA 4.0.
County Hospital is an acute hospital with less than 200 inpatient beds, opened in 1983. It is the main hospital in Stafford, England. The hospital is managed by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. County Hospital is situated 1 mile south of MOD Stafford.
St Peter
Church
Photo: Mick Malpass, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter is a church, which is situated 1 mile northeast of MOD Stafford.
HM Prison Stafford
Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HM Prison Stafford is a Category C men's prison, located in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. In 2014 it became a sex offender-only jail. HM Prison Stafford is situated 1¼ miles southwest of MOD Stafford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hopton and Stafford.
Hopton
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopton is a village in the civil parish of Hopton and Coton. It is within the English county of Staffordshire.
Stafford
Photo: Stocksy, Public domain.
Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about 15 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 miles north of Wolverhampton and 24 miles north-west of Birmingham.
Doxey
Village
Doxey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England; it is a north-western suburb of Stafford. It became a civil parish on 1 April 2005. Doxey is situated 2 miles southwest of MOD Stafford.
MOD Stafford
- Category: barracks
- Location: Hopton and Coton, Stafford District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.82347° or 52° 49′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.09673° or 2° 5′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C4VRWF3+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 92674700OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata ID
Q6886135
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