The site is currently home to The Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration (DCLPA) and HQ Adjutant General’s Corps. In early 2021, the new facilities being built will be completed and will see service personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force all training at Worthy Down. Having all three services’ training at one site allows them to share resources, technology and learn from each other.
Buildings under construction
An important building we’re currently working on is the combined medical, dental and physical training centre, which will help look after the health and wellbeing of all service personnel and offer leading-edge equipment and expertise.
Other facilities underway at the moment include large medical and dental centre facilities, gymnasium, fitness and physiotherapy suites, four single living accommodation (SLA) units, an officers’ and senior non-commissioned officers’ combined mess, a band and drill area, a headquarters building, the Royal Logistics Corp (RLC) museum and a number of realistic working environment spaces for specialist Navy training.
Interesting facts
To date, 90,000sqm of floor space has been built and 1 million bricks were used to provide the college with a 154-seat lecture theatre, 60 brand new homes and a 358-seat canteen in the Junior Ranks Mess. Tranche 2 sees a total of 1,231 bed spaces created over 10 new accommodation blocks. And the site’s new, larger water tank holds 324,000 litres of water, half the capacity of an Olympic-sized swimming pool! More than 15,000 metres of pipes and cables - equal to nearly twice the height of the Mount Everest - have been installed underground to accommodate current and future power, water and drainage needs.
The new buildings are due to be completed by early 2021. The completion of the facilities will allow the MOD to train service personnel more efficiently and effectively so that they can provide the best possible support for military operations.
Project Wellesley
We’ve worked alongside Skanska, AECOM and the Defence, College of Policing and Administration Project teams to deliver tranche 1 and 2 of the 3 tranches of building works which form part of Project Wellesley. The facilities have all been completed whilst ensuring the camp remains operational.
I look forward to welcoming additional military personnel and their families to the camp in 2021.
4 comments
Comment by Ian Kennedy posted on
Do you have any date for the opening of the logistics museum?
Comment by DIO Communications Team posted on
Hi Ian
Just had a reply from the team. They say the building is expected to be completed in the summer and there will then be a period of fitting out and moving the staff and inventory from Deepcut. They expect to open in early 2021.
Comment by Bob Smith posted on
Hi,
Are there any facilities for veterans to stay over-night as It would be good to use the RLC museum as a mini-reunion venue for a small group from 210 Sqn RCT(v) (McRobbies reprobates) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1436891969774269/
Many Thanks
Bob Smith
Comment by DIO Communications Team posted on
Hi Bob
I think it's very unlikely I'm afraid but it would be best to check with the site directly.