page_title: Catterick Garrison
section_title: Public services
hierarchical_section_title: Catterick Garrison / Public services
caption_attribution_description: THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45 One Mk V 12-inch railway howitzer (foreground) and two Mk III 12-inch railway howitzers at Catterick.
context_page_description: Catterick Garrison is a major garrison and military town 3 miles 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. Under plans announced by the Ministry of Defence in November 2005, the population of Catterick Garrison was expected to grow to over 25,000 by 2020, making it the largest population centre in the local area.
context_section_description: The town's primary healthcare provider is the Harewood Medical general practice managed by South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Duchess of Kent Hospital was a military hospital opened on 6 October 1976 and closed its major surgery and hospital wings in 1999, it was still used as a medical facility until 2015, when services were relocated to RAF Leeming.
  The local ambulances are run by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, the town is also in the catchment area of the Great North Air Ambulance, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue provide firefighting services and both North Yorkshire Police and the Royal Military Police have stations located on a shared complex.
caption: One Mk V 12-inch railway howitzer (foreground) and two Mk III 12-inch railway howitzers at Catterick.
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