Index of picture gallery:-

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Picture of the site from reservoir hill

The nitration of paper to form nitrocellulose

The Shmid nitrator in AB2 (Nitroglyerine hill)

A typical drying stove

The main laboratory

Apart from the annotated pictures listed above, see the Archive of Holton Heath Pictures

Please note: The copyright of these pictures rests with H.M.S.O.

For the complete story of Holton Heath including many more pictures, see:-

"A Pictorial Record of the Royal Naval Cordite Factory"

If you are interested in further information or slide shows regarding  Holton Heath, the following contact list
may be of help:

* Available North Wales area only.

IMPORTANT NEWS:
Due to the rejection of the N.E. Purbeck District Plan, the historical aspects of the site are in some jeopardy, since the site has been sold by the Ministry of Defence to a developer. Whilst the developer has been most sympathetic towards the historic importance of the site, it has been necessary for the  museum collection to be removed to other locations. The large scale model and some of the artefacts have  now been moved to  the "Explosion" museum at Priddy's Hard, Gosport (Tel: 02392-505600). Some of the smaller and more personal items being forwarded to the nearby Wareham Town Museum. Other items such as paper records are held at the Dorset County Archive.
The RNCF Association is currently engaged in preparing a comprehensive electronic record of the pictures of Holton Heath.

Many of the buildings on the site and adjacent land are listed, and it is vital that the heritage aspects of Holton Heath are conserved.
Please support the conservation of Holton Heath by writing to the Purbeck District Council and your Member of Parliament.
Thanks are due to both the Ministry of Defence and Birchmere Ltd. for their kind assistance over several years.

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