List of Royal Ordnance Factories

This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories.

Name Location Type Number
Royal Arsenal Factory No. 1 Woolwich, London, England No. 1
Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No. 2 Enfield, London, England No. 2
Royal Powder Mill Waltham Abbey, Essex, England Explosive ROF No. 31
ROF Aycliffe County Durham, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 8
ROF Beech Hill Wigan, Greater Manchester, England No. 15
ROF Birtley Birtley, County Durham, England
ROF Bishopton (3 factories) Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland Explosive ROF
ROF Blackburn Blackburn, Lancashire, England
ROF Blackpole Worcester, Worcestershire, England SAA Factory No. 20
ROF Brackla Bridgend, Wales Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 11
ROF Bridgend Bridgend, Wales Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 2
ROF Bridgwater Bridgwater, Somerset, England Explosive ROF No. 37
ROF Burghfield (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield, Berkshire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 18
ROF Cardiff (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales Engineering ROF
ROF Chorley Euxton, Lancashire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 1
ROF Dalmuir Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland Engineering ROF
ROF Drigg Drigg, Cumbria, England Explosive ROF
ROF Dunham on the Hill Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire, England Explosives storage depot
ROF Elstow Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 16
ROF Fazakerley Liverpool, Merseyside, England Rifles Factory
ROF Featherstone Featherstone, Wolverhampton, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 17
ROF Glascoed (later BAE Systems Munitions Glascoed) Glascoed, Monmouthshire, Wales Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 3
ROF Hirwaun Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
ROF Irvine Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland Explosive ROF
ROF Kirkby Kirkby, Merseyside, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 7
ROF Leeds Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Engineering ROF
ROF Maltby Maltby, South Yorkshire, England Rifles Factory
ROF Melmerby Melmerby, North Yorkshire, England Munitions Inspection Factory
ROF Newport Newport, Wales Engineering ROF
ROF Nottingham Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Engineering ROF
ROF Patricroft Eccles, Greater Manchester, England M/C Shop Engineering ROF
ROF Pembrey Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales Explosive ROF
ROF Poole Poole, Dorset, England Engineering ROF
ROF Queniborough Queniborough, Leicestershire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 10
ROF Radway Green near Alsager, Cheshire, England SAA Factory No. 13
ROF Ranskill Ranskill, Nottinghamshire, England Explosive ROF
ROF Risley Risley, Cheshire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 6
ROF Rotherwas Rotherwas, Herefordshire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 4
ROF Ruddington Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 14
ROF Sellafield (later the nuclear establishment Sellafield) Sellafield, Cumbria, England Explosive ROF
ROF Southall Southall, London, England SAA Filling Factory
ROF Summerfield Birmingham, West Midlands, England SAA Filling Factory
ROF Spennymoor Spennymoor, County Durham, England SAA Factory No. 21
ROF Steeton Steeton, West Yorkshire, England SAA Factory No. 22
ROF Swynnerton Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 5
ROF Theale Theale, Berkshire, England Engineering ROF
ROF Thorp Arch Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, England Filling Factory Filling Factory No. 9
ROF Wrexham Wrexham, Wales Explosive ROF

See also

References

Further reading

  • Cocroft, Wayne D., (2000). Dangerous Energy: The archaeology of gunpowder and military explosives manufacture, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 1-85074-718-0.
  • Kohan, C. M., (1952). Works and Buildings: (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). London: HMSO & Longmans, Green and Co.
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