List of Royal Ordnance Factories

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This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories.

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NameLocationTypeNumber
Royal Arsenal Factory No. 1Woolwich, London, EnglandNo. 1
Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No. 2Enfield, London, EnglandNo. 2
Royal Powder MillWaltham Abbey, Essex, EnglandExplosive ROFNo. 31
ROF AycliffeCounty Durham, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 8
ROF Beech HillWigan, Greater Manchester, EnglandNo. 15
ROF BirtleyBirtley, County Durham, EnglandNo. 3
ROF Bishopton (3 factories)Bishopton, Renfrewshire, ScotlandExplosive ROF
ROF BlackburnBlackburn, Lancashire, England
ROF BlackpoleWorcester, Worcestershire, EnglandSAA FactoryNo. 20
ROF BracklaBridgend, WalesFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 11
ROF BridgendBridgend, WalesFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 2
ROF BridgwaterBridgwater, Somerset, EnglandExplosive ROFNo. 37
ROF Burghfield (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)Burghfield, Berkshire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 18
ROF Cardiff (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)Llanishen, Cardiff, WalesEngineering ROF
ROF ChorleyEuxton, Lancashire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 1
ROF DalmuirClydebank, West Dunbartonshire, ScotlandEngineering ROF
ROF DriggDrigg, Cumbria, EnglandExplosive ROF
ROF Dunham on the HillDunham on the Hill, Cheshire, EnglandExplosives storage depot
ROF ElstowBedford, Bedfordshire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 16
ROF FazakerleyLiverpool, Merseyside, EnglandRifles Factory
ROF FeatherstoneFeatherstone, Wolverhampton, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 17
ROF Glascoed (later BAE Systems Munitions Glascoed)Glascoed, Monmouthshire, WalesFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 3
ROF HirwaunHirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
ROF IrvineIrvine, North Ayrshire, ScotlandExplosive ROF
ROF KirkbyKirkby, Merseyside, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 7
ROF LeedsLeeds, West Yorkshire, EnglandEngineering ROF
ROF MaltbyMaltby, South Yorkshire, EnglandRifles Factory
ROF MelmerbyMelmerby, North Yorkshire, EnglandMunitions Inspection Factory
ROF NewportNewport, WalesEngineering ROF
ROF NottinghamNottingham, Nottinghamshire, EnglandEngineering ROF
ROF PatricroftEccles, Greater Manchester, EnglandM/C Shop Engineering ROF
ROF PembreyPembrey, Carmarthenshire, WalesExplosive ROF
ROF PoolePoole, Dorset, EnglandEngineering ROF
ROF QueniboroughQueniborough, Leicestershire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 10
ROF Radway Greennear Alsager, Cheshire, EnglandSAA FactoryNo. 13
ROF RanskillRanskill, Nottinghamshire, EnglandExplosive ROF
ROF RisleyRisley, Cheshire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 6
ROF RotherwasRotherwas, Herefordshire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 4
ROF RuddingtonRuddington, Nottinghamshire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 14
ROF Sellafield (later the nuclear establishment Sellafield)Sellafield, Cumbria, EnglandExplosive ROF
ROF SouthallSouthall, London, EnglandSAA Filling Factory
ROF SummerfieldBirmingham, West Midlands, EnglandSAA Filling Factory
ROF SpennymoorSpennymoor, County Durham, EnglandSAA FactoryNo. 21
ROF SteetonSteeton, West Yorkshire, EnglandSAA FactoryNo. 22
ROF SwynnertonSwynnerton, Staffordshire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 5
ROF ThealeTheale, Berkshire, EnglandEngineering ROF
ROF Thorp ArchThorp Arch, West Yorkshire, EnglandFilling FactoryFilling Factory No. 9
ROF WrexhamWrexham, WalesExplosive ROF
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References

Further reading

  • Cocroft, Wayne D., (2000). Dangerous Energy: The archaeology of gunpowder and military explosives manufacture, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 1-85074-718-0.
  • Kohan, C. M., (1952). Works and Buildings: (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). London: HMSO & Longmans, Green and Co.

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