This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories.

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! Name !! Location !! Type !! Number

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| Royal Arsenal Factory No. 1 || Woolwich, London, England || || No. 1

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| Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No. 2|| Enfield, London, England || || No. 2

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| Royal Powder Mill || Waltham Abbey, Essex, England || Explosive ROF || No. 31

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| ROF Aycliffe || County Durham, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 8

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| ROF Beech Hill || Wigan, Greater Manchester, England || || No. 15

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| ROF Birtley || Birtley, County Durham, England || || No. 3

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| ROF Bishopton (3 factories) || Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland || Explosive ROF ||

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| ROF Blackburn || Blackburn, Lancashire, England || ||

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| ROF Blackpole || Worcester, Worcestershire, England || SAA Factory || No. 20

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| ROF Brackla || Bridgend, Wales || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 11

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| ROF Bridgend || Bridgend, Wales || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 2

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| ROF Bridgwater || Bridgwater, Somerset, England || Explosive ROF || No. 37

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| ROF Burghfield (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) || Burghfield, Berkshire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 18

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| ROF Cardiff (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) || Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales || Engineering ROF ||

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| ROF Chorley || Euxton, Lancashire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 1

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| ROF Dalmuir || Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland || Engineering ROF ||

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| ROF Drigg || Drigg, Cumbria, England || Explosive ROF ||

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| ROF Dunham on the Hill || Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire, England || Explosives storage depot ||

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| ROF Elstow || Bedford, Bedfordshire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 16

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| ROF Fazakerley || Liverpool, Merseyside, England || Rifles Factory ||

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| ROF Featherstone || Featherstone, Wolverhampton, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 17

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| ROF Glascoed (later BAE Systems Munitions Glascoed)|| Glascoed, Monmouthshire, Wales || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 3

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| ROF Hirwaun || Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales || ||

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| ROF Irvine || Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland || Explosive ROF ||

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| ROF Kirkby || Kirkby, Merseyside, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 7

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| ROF Leeds || Leeds, West Yorkshire, England || Engineering ROF ||

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| ROF Maltby || Maltby, South Yorkshire, England || Rifles Factory ||

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| ROF Melmerby || Melmerby, North Yorkshire, England || Munitions Inspection Factory ||

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| ROF Newport || Newport, Wales || Engineering ROF ||

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| ROF Nottingham || Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England || Engineering ROF ||

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| ROF Patricroft || Eccles, Greater Manchester, England || M/C Shop Engineering ROF ||

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| ROF Pembrey || Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales || Explosive ROF ||

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| ROF Poole || Poole, Dorset, England || Engineering ROF ||

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| ROF Queniborough || Queniborough, Leicestershire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 10

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| ROF Radway Green || near Alsager, Cheshire, England || SAA Factory || No. 13

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| ROF Ranskill || Ranskill, Nottinghamshire, England || Explosive ROF ||

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| ROF Risley || Risley, Cheshire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 6

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| ROF Rotherwas || Rotherwas, Herefordshire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 4

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| ROF Ruddington || Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 14

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| ROF Sellafield (later the nuclear establishment Sellafield)|| Sellafield, Cumbria, England || Explosive ROF ||

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| ROF Southall || Southall, London, England || SAA Filling Factory ||

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| ROF Summerfield || Birmingham, West Midlands, England || SAA Filling Factory ||

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| ROF Spennymoor || Spennymoor, County Durham, England || SAA Factory || No. 21

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| ROF Steeton || Steeton, West Yorkshire, England || SAA Factory || No. 22

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| ROF Swynnerton || Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 5

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| ROF Theale || Theale, Berkshire, England || Engineering ROF ||

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| ROF Thorp Arch || Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, England || Filling Factory || Filling Factory No. 9

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| ROF Wrexham || Wrexham, Wales || Explosive ROF ||

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See also

  • Filling Factories in the United Kingdom

References

Further reading

  • Cocroft, Wayne D., (2000). Dangerous Energy: The archaeology of gunpowder and military explosives manufacture, Swindon: English Heritage, .
  • Kohan, C. M., (1952). Works and Buildings: (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). London: HMSO & Longmans, Green and Co.