RAF Ringstead
| RAF Ringstead | |
|---|---|
| Ringstead Bay, Dorset in England | |
One of the former transmitter blocks of RAF Ringstead in 2011 | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Royal Air Force Station |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Air Force |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 50°38′03″N 002°20′35″W / 50.63417°N 2.34306°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
| In use | 1942 - 1946 |
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War |
RAF Ringstead is a former Royal Air Force radar station at Ringstead Bay, Dorset, England. It is notable for having served three separate functions: first as a Chain Home early-warning radar station during WWII and then, during the Cold War, as a Rotor station and then, finally, as a USAF Tropospheric scatter station. The first of these functions commenced in 1942; the last of the functions ceased in 1974. The structural remains were Grade II listed in 2020.