27. Canal? at Royal Ordnance Depot Weedon Bec

I visited the Royal Ordnance Depot at Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire during the Heritage Open Days week in September 2018.

The Depot was established in the early 1800s in a central country location, to be away from the coast and was a secure place to store equipment, ammunition and weapons for the British Army. The original complex included Artillery Barracks and a Parade Ground and was extended in the late 1800s to provide additional warehousing. The canal that runs through the centre of the site was a spur off the Grand Union Canal. A short section of the spur remains in a modern housing estate where it branched off the canal. There was also a railway track on one side, which was protected by a bomb proof shelter during the second world war.

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps moved out of Weedon Depot on February 16, 1965. Following a period of use by the Ministry of Supply, the surviving Depot warehouses passed into private hands in the 1980s and are currently occupied by a number of small companies for stores, workshops, retail use and offices. A visitor centre has recently opened. The buildings and perimeter wall are Grade II* Listed.

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