This is a list of British Army Garrisons A

garrison town A garrison (from the French ''garnison'', itself from the verb ''garnir'', "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a mili ...

is typically a group of multiple

camps Camps may refer to: People *Ramón Camps (1927–1994), Argentine general *Gabriel Camps (1927–2002), French historian *Luís Espinal Camps (1932–1980), Spanish missionary to Bolivia * Victoria Camps (b. 1941), Spanish philosopher and professo ...

grouped around one central town, that often highly depends on the military presence; however sometimes they are just the aggregation of all military units stationed within a larger city (in the case of London, Edinburgh, York, Cheshire, and Merseyside).

Current

United Kingdom

Aldershot Garrison Aldershot Garrison, also known as Aldershot Military Town, is a major garrison in South East England, between Aldershot and Farnborough in Hampshire. The garrison was established when the War Department bought a large area of land near the vill ...

Bicester Garrison Bicester ( ) is a historical market towngarden town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in Southern England that also comprises an eco town at North-East Bicester and self-build village aGraven Hill Its local ...

*Bovington Garrison **

Bovington Camp Bovington Camp () is a British Army military base in Dorset, England. Together with Lulworth Camp it forms part of Bovington Garrison. The garrison is home to The Armour Centre and contains two barracks complexes and two forest and heathland tr ...

Lulworth Camp Lulworth Camp is a British Army base that is home to the Armoured Fighting Vehicle Gunnery School and runs the Lulworth Ranges on the southern coast of Dorset, England. It is part of Bovington Garrison and is located on the Purbeck Ridge between ...

**Allenby Barracks, Wareham *

Catterick Garrison Catterick Garrison is a major garrison and military town south of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It is the largest British Army garrison in the world, with a population of around 13,000 in 2017 and covering over 2,400 acres (about 10 ...

*Cheshire Garrison *

Colchester Garrison Colchester Garrison is a major garrison located in Colchester in the county of Essex, Eastern England. It has been an important military base since the Roman era. The first permanent military garrison in Colchester was established by Legio XX ...

*Edinburgh Garrison – Garrison commander is the Governor of Edinburgh Castle *

Larkhill Garrison Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about west of the centre of Durrington village and north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge. It is about north of Salisbury. The settlemen ...

*London Central Garrison *Merseyside Garrison *Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford Garrison **

Tidworth Camp Tidworth Camp is a military installation at Tidworth in Wiltshire, England. It forms part of the Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford (TidNBul) Garrison. History The Camp was established when the War Office acquired a 19th-century mansion – Te ...

** Perham Down Camp **

Bulford Camp Bulford Camp is a military camp on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Established in 1897, the site continues in use as a large British Army base. The camp is close to the village of Bulford and is about northeast of the town of Amesbury. ...

** Netheravon Station *

Warminster Garrison Warminster Garrison is a military garrison of the British Army, on the edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. History The history of Warminster's military garrison can be traced back to Roman Britain, where a small camp was located on t ...

Battlesbury Barracks Battlesbury Barracks is a British Army installation in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. It is the permanent base of the Royal Dragoon Guards, serving as armoured cavalry. History The barracks is on the eastern outskirts of the town, near the ancie ...

Waterloo Lines Waterloo Lines is a British Army barracks on Imber Road in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. It is currently home to a number of Army specialist training schools and a sizeable portion of the Headquarters Field Army (not to be confused with Army ...

** Harman Lines *Winchester Garrison ** Sir John Moore Barracks **

Worthy Down Camp Worthy Down Camp is a tri-service establishment near Winchester, in Hampshire, England. It forms part of the wider Winchester Garrison and houses the headquarters of the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration (DCLPA), as well ...

York Garrison York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a m ...

– commanding officer of 2 Signal Regiment doubles as York Garrison commander **York Station **Strensall Station

Overseas

* Brunei Garrison * Dhekelia Garrison * Episkopi Garrison

Former

Germany

* Bergen-Hohne Garrison – downsized in 2013 to Bergen and Hohne Camps, closed in 2015 ** Hohne Camp ** Fallingbostel Station ** Celle Station **

Bergen-Hohne Training Area Bergen-Hohne Training Area (German: ''NATO-Truppenübungsplatz Bergen'' or ''Schießplatz Bergen-Hohne'') is a NATO military training area in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath, in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It cove ...

* Gütersloh Garrison – merged with Paderborn Garrison in 2014 to form Westfalen Garrison ** Paderborn Station (closed in 2016) ** Sennelager Station – Normandy Barracks still in use ** Hameln Station (closed in 2014) ** Gütersloh Station (closed in 2019) ** Herford Station (closed in 2015) * Osnabrück Garrison ** Osnabrück Station ** Münster Station *

Paderborn Garrison Westfalen Garrison is a major British garrison with facilities located in Paderborn, Sennelager and Gütersloh in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany which now forms the major part of British Forces Germany. It was the home of 20th Armoured Brigade ...

– merged with Gütersloh Garrison in 2014 to form Westfalen Garrison ** Paderborn Station * Rhine Garrison – downsized in 2013/14 to Rhine Station, closed in 2015 *

Westfalen Garrison Westfalen Garrison is a major British garrison with facilities located in Paderborn, Sennelager and Gütersloh in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany which now forms the major part of British Forces Germany. It was the home of 20th Armoured Infantry ...

– formed in 2014 through merger of Paderborn and Gütersloh Garrisons ** Herford Station (closed in 2015) ** Paderborn Station (closed in 2016) ** Sennelager Station – Normandy Barracks still in use ** Gütersloh Station (closed in 2019)

References

Bibliography

* {{Cite book, last=Mackinlay, first=Gordon Angus, title="A Moment in Time": The British Army at a moment in time - 1 July 2007: A look at and from it of the Makeup of the Regular and Territorial Army, publisher=Self publish, year=2007 Garrisons