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Sennybridge Training Area

Military training area in Powys, Wales

Summary

Military training area in Powys, Wales

Field	Value
name	Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA)
location	Sennybridge
coordinates
image	The Drover's Arms, Eppynt.jpg
caption	The Drovers Arms, now owned by the MoD
type	Training Area
map_type	Wales Powys
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Powys
ownership	Ministry of Defence
controlledby	Defence Infrastructure Organisation
operator
built	1939
used	1939-Present
built_for	War Office

The Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Sennybridge in Powys, Wales. It consists of approximately 31000 acre of Ministry of Defence freehold land and 6000 acre of land leased from Forest Enterprise.

The training area is the third largest military training area in the United Kingdom. It covers 12 mi south west to north east and 5 mi south east to north west. It lies to the north of the Brecon Beacons National Park on Mynydd Eppynt. The site was acquired by the War Office in 1939.

In 2023 a driver for the British military died on Sennybridge Training Area.

Units

Sennybridge Training Area on a target dossier of the German [[Luftwaffe]], 1940

Soldier Development Wing - part of ATC Pirbright.
Queen's Division Courses - Divisional Training Team Delivering Distributed Training for the Queen's Division.

References

[http://www.dtewalesandwest.co.uk/about/ Defence Training Estates -About] (Website accessed: 22/08/10)
[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/DefenceEstateandEnvironment/AccessRecreation/Wales/SennybridgeTrainingArea.htm/ MoD - About Defence] (website accessed: 22/08/10)
[http://www.visit-brecon-beacons.co.uk/places/sennybridge.shtml/ Sennybridge Tourist Information] (website accessed: 22/08/10)
"Sennybridge Training Area".
(2023-09-25). "Sennybridge: Soldier who died at Army training camp named". BBC News.
"Soldier Development Wing (SDW)". [[British Army]].
"Queen's Division Courses (QDC)". [[British Army]].

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