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Re: The old range at Ireland Mid Bedfordshire

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:35 am
by Steve
andrewh wrote:No, that one I posted earlier would have had a very short danger area! I think that this is the one, in an old railway cutting:
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=sp8208 ... orm=LMLTCC
There was talk of the Old Warden railway tunnel being converted into a shooting range,but apparently it would need lining with concrete so was instantly cost prohibitive.This is not far from where you highlighted.

Re: The old range at Ireland Mid Bedfordshire

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:17 pm
by IainWR
andrewh wrote:For Iain's plot this is at 53deg03'12.05"N 0deg20'38.74"W

errrr...

When I panned out and found I was right next to Sleaford Tech, which I know from running round too much of it is in Lincolnshire, I began to wonder.

Thinks I "fifty-three oh-three. Maybe try fifty-TWO oh three?"

And there it was, stop butt in a railway cutting, just next to Biggleswade / Old Warden.

Re: The old range at Ireland Mid Bedfordshire

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:26 am
by Christel
Any news on this project?

any????