RAF Shinfield Park

RAF Shinfield Park
Reading, Berkshire in England
RAF Shinfield Park is located in Berkshire
RAF Shinfield Park
RAF Shinfield Park
Shown within Berkshire
RAF Shinfield Park is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Shinfield Park
RAF Shinfield Park
RAF Shinfield Park (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates51°25′10″N 000°57′01″W / 51.41944°N 0.95028°W / 51.41944; -0.95028
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
In use1940 - 1977 (1977)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II

RAF Shinfield Park was a Royal Air Force administrative site in the south of Reading, Berkshire. It served as the Met Office residential training college from 1971 until 2002. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts was built on part of the site in 1978.[1]

  1. ^ "Francis Family- RAF Shinfield". Retrieved 14 July 2019.