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Wyke Regis Training Area is an army training area located in the village of Wyke Regis, near Weymouth, Dorset, England. The training area is part of the Defence Training Estate South West and is located at three different sites. It is part of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Training Estate (DTE), which covers 240,000 hectares of land across the country for the purpose of training armed forces. Although mainly used by the army, the training area has allowed an increasing amount of public use of both the climbing facilities and adventure training over the last few years.〔http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media/pdf/5/f/Topic_Paper_Military.pdf〕 The South West Coast Path, a national trail, runs alongside the northern boundary of the Wyke Regis Bridging Camp and the southern boundary of the Chickerell Range. The use of red flags allow walkers to be diverted inland around the back of the Range firing point during exercises. This is achieved by the use of signs and restriction gates, before walkers are returned to the Coastal Path. ==Sites== Consisting of the three sites, the main location is found to the west of the Wyke Regis village, where it lies on the north side of the Fleet tidal lagoon with Chesil Beach on the south side. This site, a bridging camp, was constructed in 1928 by Royal Engineers. Since then the site has been in continuous use for the training of Royal Engineers, amongst other armed forces, including both regular and reserve forces in the construction of both bridges and ferries, along with other types of military training. The Bridging Camp's inner training area allows Sappers to hone their skills on everything from raft building to familiarising themselves with state of the art weaponry. Some have returned from Afghanistan or were preparing for deployment to the country in September 2011. Due to the close proximity of the lagoon, water based training is held there.〔 A second site, a camp and rifle range, is located within the town and parish Chickerell which is located further up the Fleet Lagoon, and like the main bridging camp, it sites alongside the lagoon and beach. The site features an 8-lane small-arms rifle range, and is used for basic fieldcraft and patrolling exercises, along with markmanship training. It also offers unique facilities for cadets. The range is typically used for 150 days per year and once held active sentries that were posted during live use to police the footpaths and offshore.〔 The third site of the Wyke Regis Training Area is located at Verne Yeates on the Isle of Portland, close to the Verne Citadel, and is used for bridging and signals training.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wyke Regis Training Area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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