Raf Shinfield Park

RAF Shinfield Park was a Royal Air Force administrative site in the south of Reading, Berkshire. In recent years, it became the main Met Office residential training college, now defunct. The Met Office itself is a division of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). HistoryThe site is adjacent to the west side of the A327 road in the south of the Reading area, near the current roundabout with the B3270. Adjacent to the south is the former Shire Hall of Berkshire County Council, and the M4. Adjacent to the north is the independent Crosfields School, built on a former part of the RAF site. To the west is Whitley Wood. Although it was built as a part of Berkshire, the current site is in the civil parish of Shinfield, in the Borough of Wokingham. The RAF station was built on the Shinfield Lodge Estate. The site had been owned by Ebenezer Maitland in the 1700s. RAF Flying Training CommandFor many years it was the headquarters of RAF Flying Training Command (HQFTC) from 27 May 1940 until 1 June 1968. From 1940 until 1945, it was also the headquarters of RAF Technical Training Command. RAF Training Command had been formed in 1936 at Buntingsdale Hall at Sutton upon Tern near Market Drayton

RAF Shinfield Park was a Royal Air Force administrative site in the south of Reading, Berkshire. In recent years, it became the main Met Office residential training college, now defunct. The Met Office itself is a division of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). HistoryThe site is adjacent to the west side of the A327 road in the south of the Reading area, near the current roundabout with the B3270. Adjacent to the south is the former Shire Hall of Berkshire County Council, and the M4. Adjacent to the north is the independent Crosfields School, built on a former part of the RAF site. To the west is Whitley Wood. Although it was built as a part of Berkshire, the current site is in the civil parish of Shinfield, in the Borough of Wokingham. The RAF station was built on the Shinfield Lodge Estate. The site had been owned by Ebenezer Maitland in the 1700s. RAF Flying Training CommandFor many years it was the headquarters of RAF Flying Training Command (HQFTC) from 27 May 1940 until 1 June 1968. From 1940 until 1945, it was also the headquarters of RAF Technical Training Command. RAF Training Command had been formed in 1936 at Buntingsdale Hall at Sutton upon Tern near Market Drayton