Ashley Range

Ashley Range
Located Near Southampton, Hampshire, England
Site information
TypeBombing Range
Location
Ashley Range
Ashley Range, shown within Hampshire
Coordinates50°56′24″N 1°42′32″W / 50.940°N 1.709°W / 50.940; -1.709
Site history
Built1942
In use1942–1946

Ashley Range is a former World War II bombing range in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. The range is approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) north-west of Lyndhurst and 14 mi (23 km) west of Southampton. Barnes Wallis's Bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise by the Dambusters and the Grand Slam bomb were tested there.

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