page_title: RRH Staxton Wold
hierarchical_section_title: RRH Staxton Wold
caption_attribution_description: English: R.A.F. Staxton Wold
context_page_description: Remote Radar Head Staxton Wold or RRH Staxton Wold is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force, located near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England.
  The present-day site of RRH Staxton Wold has had an early warning function since the 3rd century AD, when it was the site of a warning beacon. It was first selected to be used as a radar station in 1937, when it was set up as part of the Chain Home system. Building work did not begin until December 1938 as delays in procuring the site occurred when the landowners resisted selling. The site became fully operational in April 1939 and is the only one of the original stations still in use, and may thus claim to be the oldest continuously serving radar station.
  Today it is a Remote Radar Head within the United Kingdom Air Surveillance and Control System. The radar at Staxton Wold is a Lockheed Martin TPS77 which was due to be working by September 2013, but only became fully operational in early 2015. In September 2017, it was reported that the AN/TPS-77 radar based at Staxton Wold would be transferred to RRH Saxa Vord.
context_section_description: Remote Radar Head Staxton Wold or RRH Staxton Wold is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force, located near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England.
  The present-day site of RRH Staxton Wold has had an early warning function since the 3rd century AD, when it was the site of a warning beacon. It was first selected to be used as a radar station in 1937, when it was set up as part of the Chain Home system. Building work did not begin until December 1938 as delays in procuring the site occurred when the landowners resisted selling (this being before the Second World War, so the government found it harder to demand the land by force for the war effort). The site became fully operational in April 1939 and is the only one of the original stations still in use, and may thus claim to be the oldest continuously serving radar station.
  Today it is a Remote Radar Head (RRH) within the United Kingdom Air Surveillance and Control System (UKASACS). The radar at Staxton Wold is a Lockheed Martin TPS77 which was due to be working by September 2013, but only became fully operational in early 2015. In September 2017, it was reported that the AN/TPS-77 radar based at Staxton Wold would be transferred to RRH Saxa Vord.
caption: RAF Staxton Wold
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