AREA17 will have the following ranges that with the right approvals, may be booked and used once fully operational;
viz:
- 9 acre non-sterile real village copy with 42 houses, halls and other commercial retail shops
(& a pub!)
- 22.4m Litre Underwater Research Lab with ultra clear water (film set quality) 30m deep and some 40m
long by 20m wide
- 100m firing range with various firing points down to 10m and various features for overt and covert
firing positions
- Special C-IED range with safe containment of emanations
- Vehicle ranges (two of) for verification
of environmental protection of equipment fitments
- Multiple hard and soft secure standings
- A large reconfigurable
range for in-theatre assessments, training and simulation
The village can be booked by Fire and Emergency Services,
Resilience Teams and Police Forces for training and special emergency simulations including CBRNE. Defence Animal Centre use for training will be openly made available.
A selection of the village houses are designed as specific
crime scenes as forensically as is both possible and safe to do so, to enable the facilities to be very cost effective R&D
resources. Public access to these facilities will be strictly forbidden and in keeping with the rest of AREA17 trespass will
not be tolerated.
Take heed that the site rules are of no cameras and that includes cameras built in as standard
to most mobile phones. Bringing such on site is strictly forbidden and approvals must be sort to keep these with you - they
maybe subject to search on exit and any unauthorised photography may be subject to and be a breach of The Official Secrets
Act 1911 to 1989. Filming on site (including in the Underwater Research Lab) will be subject to a special license and restrictions
[for example 'only in the pool, rooms 1.10, 1.12, 1.15, anywhere outside our fence line facing away from site and
at the tiled surface pool side'].
Take heed also Trespass will be proactively managed within the provisions
of law for the type of facility that this is, the type of work and the sensitive aspects. The picture above from a similar
US site is not meant to depict anything other than Treason will be vigorously and lawfully dealt with - the above sign
will not be used on our fenceline but instead on our firing range!
Firearms, inert/deactivated firearms, inert/deactivated
ordnance, and/or explosives are to only be brought on site by prior approval. ECM and Force Protection equipment may only
be used on site on any range with strict approvals required by us - this is to protect any critical infrastructure nearby
and indeed our equipment/research.
Please contact us for further information and ranges use terms and conditions.
