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Whittington ranges firing times

Warning notice of firing at Whittington ranges.

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Do not enter the danger area when the range is in use, this is a danger to life. Learn more about accessing MOD training areas safely.

The only right of way available for use by the public on the range complex is via the bridle path.

Maps are located at the following locations:

  • beginning of the bridle path near the entrance to Whittington Village
  • the access point in the south of Hopwas Wood at the point of the bridge crossing the canal

Members of the public must follow the route of the bridle path and not enter the range complex. Full details are contained within the Whittington byelaws.

Hopwas Wood and parts of the range may be used by soldiers for dry training, including the use of blank ammunition. Members of the public should stay on the bridleways or recognised tracks and observe any warning signs displayed.

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Published 23 June 2016
Last updated 714 September 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 24 to 30 September 2022.

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  5. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 27 August to 2 September 2022.

  6. Added Whittington firing times 20 to 26 August 2022.

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  9. Added Whittington firing times 30 July to 5 August 2022.

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  12. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 9 to 15 July 2022.

  13. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 20 June to 8 July 2022.

  14. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 17 June to 1 July 2022.

  15. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 1 to 24 June 2022.

  16. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 30 May to 17 June 2022.

  17. Added: Whittington firing times 24 May to 10 June

  18. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 16 May to 3 June 2022.

  19. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 9 to 27 May 2022.

  20. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 1 to 20 May 2022.

  21. Updated: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 18 April to 13 May 2022.

  22. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 18 April to 13 May 2022.

  23. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 18 April to 6 May 2022.

  24. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 4 to 29 April 2022.

  25. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 4 to 22 April 2022.

  26. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 25 March to 15 April 2022.

  27. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times: 25 March to 8 April 2022.

  28. Update of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 16 March to 1 April 2022.

  29. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 25 March 2022.

  30. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 February to 18 March 2022.

  31. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 February to 11 March 2022.

  32. Update of: Whittington Range Complex firing times from 14 February to 4 March 2022.

  33. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 2 February to 25 February 2022.

  34. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times from 2 February to 18 February 2022.

  35. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times from 24 January to 11 February 2022.

  36. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times from 17 January to 4 February 2022.

  37. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 December 2021 to 21 January 2022.

  38. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times from 14 December to 31 December 2021.

  39. Addition of : Whittington Range Complex firing times from 7 December to 24 December 2021.

  40. Addition of : Whittington Range Complex firing times from 30 November to 17 December 2021.

  41. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 19 November to 10 December 2021.

  42. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 19 November to 3 December 2021.

  43. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 9 to 26 November 2021.

  44. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 2 to 19 November 2021.

  45. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 26 October to 12 November 2021.

  46. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 20 October to 5 November 2021.

  47. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 11 to 29 October 2021.

  48. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 4 to 22 October 2021.

  49. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 28 September to 15 October 2021.

  50. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 22 September to 8 October 2021.

  51. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 21 September to 1 October 2021.

  52. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 9 to 24 September 2021.

  53. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 31 August to 17 September 2021.

  54. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 24 August to 10 September 2021.

  55. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 18 August to 3 September 2021.

  56. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 10 to 27 August 2021.

  57. In addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 3 to 20 August 2021.

  58. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 26 July to 13 August 2021.

  59. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 19 July to 6 August 2021.

  60. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 13 July to 30 July 2021.

  61. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 5 July to 23 July 2021.

  62. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 2 July to 16 July 2021.

  63. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 25 June to 9 July 2021.

  64. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 June to 2 July 2021.

  65. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 7 to 25 June 2021.

  66. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 04 June to 18 June 2021.

  67. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 28 May to 11 June 2021.

  68. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 28 May to 11 June 2021.

  69. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 21 May to 04 June 2021.

  70. Updated firing times for 14 to 28 May.

  71. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 5 to 21 May 2021.

  72. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 28 April to 14 May 2021 (Updated 28 April 2021).

  73. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 20 April to 7 May 2021 (Updated 20 April 2021).

  74. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 12 to 30 April 2021 (Updated 12 April 2021).

  75. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 9 to 23 April 2021.

  76. Updated: Whittington Range Complex firing times 5 to 23 April 2021 (Updated 8 April 2021).

  77. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 5 to 23 April 2021 (Updated 7 April 2021).

  78. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 31 March to 16 April 2021 (Updated 31 March 2021) File: HTML attachment.

  79. Updated: Whittington Range Complex firing times 24 March to 9 April 2021 (Updated 24 March 2021).

  80. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 15 March to 2 April 2021 (Updated 16 March 2021).

  81. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 12 to 26 March.

  82. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 26 February to 12 March 2021 (updated 26 February 2021).

  83. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 23 February to 12 March 2021.

  84. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 15 February to 5 March 2021 (Updated 15 February 2021).

  85. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 8 to 26 February 2021 (Updated 8 February 2021).

  86. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times for 1 to 19 February 2021.

  87. Updated: Whittington Range Complex firing times 22 January to 12 February 2021 (Updated 26 January 2021).

  88. Updated the Whittington Range Complex firing times for the 22 January to 5 February 2021.

  89. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 11 to 29 January 2021.

  90. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 22 January 2021.

  91. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 18 December to 15 January 2021.

  92. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 12 to 18 December 2020.

  93. Updated and added firing times for: Whittington Range Complex firing times 20 November to 11 December 2020.

  94. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 20 November to 4 December 2020.

  95. Updated Whittington Range Complex firing times 4 to 20 November 2020 and added Whittington Range Complex firing times 21 to 27 November 2020.

  96. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 4 to 20 November 2020 (Updated 5 November 2020).

  97. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 26 October to 13 November 2020.

  98. Updated and added new firing times to: Whittington Range Complex firing times 17 October to 6 November 2020 (Updated 20 October 2020).

  99. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 17 to 30 October 2020.

  100. Added new firing time scheduled for 13 October, added new firing times for 17 to 23 October and updated telephone numbers.

  101. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 16 October 2020 (updated 5 October).

  102. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 16 October 2020.

  103. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 22 September to 9 October 2020.

  104. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 September to 2 October 2020.

  105. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 7 to 25 September 2020.

  106. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 3 to 18 September 2020.

  107. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 26 August to 11 September 2020.

  108. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 17 August to 4 September 2020.

  109. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 4 to 21 August 2020.

  110. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to14 August 2020.

  111. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 17 to 31 July 2020.

  112. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 6 to 24 July 2020.

  113. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 30 June to 17 July 2020.

  114. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 26 June to 10 July 2020.

  115. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 27 June to 3 July 2020.

  116. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 12 to 26 June 2020.

  117. Addition of: Whittington Range Complex firing times 5 to 19 June 2020.

  118. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 28 May to 12 June 2020 (Updated 28 May 2020).

  119. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 18 May to 5 June 2020 (Updated 20 May 2020).

  120. Addition of Whittington Range Complex firing times for 15 to 29 May 2020.

  121. Updated Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 15 May 2020 and added Whittington Range Complex firing times 16 to 22 May 2020.

  122. Addition of Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 15 May 2020.

  123. Added Whittington range firing times for 24 April to 8 May 2020.

  124. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 9 April to 1 May 2020 (updated 9 April 2020).

  125. Addition of Whittington firing times for 3 to 17 April 2020.

  126. Addition of Whittington Range firing times between 27 March to 10 April 2020.

  127. Addition of, 'Whittington Range Complex firing times 13 to 27 March 2020'.

  128. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 2 to 20 March 2020 (updated 2 March 2020).

  129. Addition of Whittington firing times for 25 February to 13 March 2020.

  130. Amendments made to Whittington firing times for 21 February to 6 March 2020.

  131. Addition of Whittington firing times for 21 February to 6 March 2020.

  132. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 7 to 28 February 2020 (updated 12 February 2020).

  133. Addition of Whittington firing times between 7 to 21 February 2020.

  134. Addition of Whittington Range Complex firing times for 31 January to 14 February 2020.

  135. Addition of Whittington Range Complex firing times for 24 January to 7 February 2020.

  136. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 18 to 31 January 2020.

  137. Addition of Whittington Complex Range firing times for 6 to 17 January 2020.

  138. Updated the Whittington Complex firing times from 13 December to 10 January 2019.

  139. A new firing date was added for Thur 12 Dec and a new schedule was added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 to 20 December.

  140. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 25 November 2019 to 13 December (updated 26 November 2019).

  141. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 18 November 2019 to 6 December (updated 18 November 2019).

  142. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 29 November 2019 (updated 12 November 2019).

  143. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 22 November 2019 (updated 5 November 2019).

  144. Updated the page with the Whittington Range Complex firing times for the 1 to 15 November 2019.

  145. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 2 to 8 November 2019.

  146. Added firing times for 26 Oct to 1 Nov and added firing times for 25 October (all day).

  147. Updated the Whittington Range Complex firing times 8 to 25 October 2019.

  148. Amended firing times to state that Hopwas Woods are closed 3 and 4 October.

  149. Amended firing times 23 Sep to Oct 11: firing added for 3 and 4 Oct. Also added Whittington Range Complex firing times 12 to 18 October 2019.

  150. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 23 September to 11 October 2019.

  151. Added 'Whittington Range Complex firing times 16 September to 4 October 2019'.

  152. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 13 to 27 September 2019.

  153. Updated Whittington Range Complex firing times 30 August to 20 September 2019.

  154. Updated the firing times with the amendment for 28 August.

  155. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 August to 6 September 2019.

  156. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 10 to 30 August 2019.

  157. Updated the firing times for 23 July to 9 August 2019.

  158. Firing times have been updated with the times for the 15 July to 2 August 2019.

  159. Added 'Whittington Range Complex firing times 12 to 26 July 2019'.

  160. Added the Whittington Range Complex firing times 2 to 19 July 2019.

  161. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 24 June to 12 July 2019.

  162. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 21 June to 5 July 2019.

  163. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 to 28 June 2019.

  164. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 31 May to 14 June 2019.

  165. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 29 April to 31 May 2019.

  166. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 29 March to 28 April 2019.

  167. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 22 February to 29 March 2019

  168. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 8 February to 22 February 2019

  169. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 25 January to 8 February 2019

  170. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 11 January to 25 January 2019

  171. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 7 December 2018 to 11 January 2019

  172. Added: Whittington Range Complex firing times 23 November to 7 December 2018

  173. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 26 October to 23 November 2018

  174. Updated the firing times for the 28 September to 26 October 2018.

  175. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 28 September to 26 October 2018.

  176. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 14 to 28 September 2018.

  177. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 31 August to 14 September 2018.

  178. Updated title of attachment to reflect firing times up until the 31 August 2018.

  179. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 27 July to 8 August 2018.

  180. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 13 to 27 July 2018.

  181. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 29 June to 13 July 2018.

  182. Updated Whittington Range Complex firing times 1 to 29 June 2018 following an amendment to the originally published edition.

  183. Added Whittington range complex firing times for the 1 to 29 June 2018.

  184. Updated the Whittington Range Complex firing times for 11 May to 1 June 2018.

  185. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times for week commencing 4 to 18 May 2018.

  186. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 20 April to 4 May 2018.

  187. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 6 to 20 April 2018.

  188. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times for the 23 March to 6 April 2018.

  189. Added Whittington Range Complex firing times 9 to 23 March 2018.

  190. Added Whittington firing times 23 February to 9 March 2018.

  191. Added Whittington firing range times 9 to 23 February 2018.

  192. Added Whittington firing range times 26 January to 9 February 2018.

  193. Added Whittington ranges firing times 12 to 26 January 2018.

  194. Added Whittington ranges firing times 15 December to 1 January 2018.

  195. Added Whittington ranges firing times 1 to 15 December 2017.

  196. Added Whittington ranges firing times 17 November to 1 December 2017.

  197. Added Whittington range complex firing times 3 to 17 November 2017.

  198. Added Whittington range complex firing times 20 October to 3 November 2017.

  199. Added Whittington range complex firing times 6 to 20 October 2017.

  200. Added Whittington range complex firing times 22 September to 6 October 2017.

  201. Added Whittington range complex firing times 8 to 22 September 2017.

  202. Added Whittington range complex firing times 25 August to 8 September 2017.

  203. Added updated Whittington range firing times for 21 July to 25 August due to amended firing times.

  204. Added Whittington range firing times for 21 July to 25 August 2017.

  205. Amended firing times for 7 to 21 July 2017: 12 July timings changed to 0900 to 1730; 18 and 19 July only 25m range in use: woods open.

  206. Added Whittington range complex firing times 7 to 21 July 2017.

  207. Added firing times for 23 June to 7 July 2017.

  208. Added Whittington range complex firing times 9 to 23 June 2017.

  209. Added firing times for 26 May to 9 June 2017.

  210. Added firing times for 12 to 26 May 2017.

  211. Added firing times 28 April to 12 May 2017

  212. Added firing times for 7 to 28 April 2017.

  213. Added firing times for Whittington range complex 24 March to 7 April 2017.

  214. Added Whittington range complex firing times.

  215. Added update for firing times 24 February to 10 March 2017.

  216. Added Whittington range complex firing times 24 February to 10 March 2017.

  217. Added Whittington range complex: 10 to 24 February 2017

  218. Added Whittington range complex: warning notice of firing 27 January to 10 February 2017.

  219. Added Whittington range complex: warning notice of firing 13 to 27 January 2017.

  220. Added Whittington range complex: warning notice of firing 9 December to 13 January 2016

  221. Added warning notice of firing 25 November to 9 December 2016

  222. Added warning notice of firing 11 to 25 November 2016

  223. Added notice of firing 28 October to 11 November 2016

  224. Added warning notice of firing 7 to 28 October 2016

  225. Added notice covering from 30 September to 14 October 2016

  226. Added Whittington range complex: warning notice of firing 16 to 30 September 2016.

  227. Added Whittington range complex: warning notice of firing 1 September to 16 September 2016

  228. Added Whittington range complex: warning notice of firing 22 July to 31 August 2016.

  229. Added warning notice of firing 8 to 22 July 2016 and 2 maps.

  230. First published.