Strange enclosed town

Camber, United Kingdom (GB)

Is this a military or police simulation of a town? Or maybe a film set.

We've seen lots of other MOUT sites submitted but none so detailed. Usually the houses and streets are very fake looking. This even seems to have a facade facing in around the whole perimeter.

Strange enclosed town

Camber, United Kingdom (GB)

Military - Training
By: kjfitz

Nearby:

FIBUA (Fighting In Built Up Areas) simulated village

Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm

Martello Tower No. 28

Martello Tower No. 30

Rye Railway Station

Gibbet Windmill

Comments

kjfitz

@ 2007-02-26 16:54:54

Should this even be public?

"Preparing for the PROVEN INEVITABLE: An Urban Operations Training Strategy for America’s Joint Force"

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG439.pdf

This document mentions a "platoon purpose-built" facility used by the Army in Lydd.

It also lists hundreds of MOUT and MOUT-like sites around the world.

A very interesting document.

Parabellum

@ 2007-02-26 16:58:07

Google Maps shows it as "Jury's Gap". A seawall around a low lying village perhaps?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/content/image_galleries/then_now_gallery.shtml?10

Old Coast Guard station?
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/1482832?lang=_e®ion=&projectstatus=&theme=&subject=&searchfor=&topic=&area=&month=

Parabellum

@ 2007-02-26 17:20:27

I'm still thinking Coast Guard Cottages.
http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/jsp/map_print.jsp?mapX=599370&mapY=118250&zoomLevel=7&isNI=&mapAction=zoomabs&isGeo=y

Parabellum

@ 2007-02-26 17:24:13

Wait, no the Cottages are closer to the beach
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=50.927739~0.833046&style=a&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=7660541

Fitz, you've got it.

kjfitz

@ 2007-03-27 16:34:00

The US military refers to these as MOUT but the Brits use the acronym FIBUA (Fighting In Built Up Areas). This site refers to the nearby town of Camber and the nearest road (Lyn Road) and mentions the MOD (Ministry of Defense) FIBUA site.

http://www.obyto.co.uk/walks/dungeness.htm

kjfitz

@ 2007-03-27 16:40:36

This Secret Bases page has a link to the Lydd Ranges FIBUA site that comes up with this map:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/secret3.htm