Official Name: | RAF Travellers Hill |
Settlement Type: | military village |
Pushpin Map: | Ascension Island |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Map showing location of RAF Travellers Hill |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
Subdivision Type1: | British Overseas Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
Subdivision Type2: | Island |
Subdivision Name2: | Ascension |
Area Land Km2: | 1.63 |
Elevation M: | 203 |
RAF Travellers Hill, originally known as Travellers Hill Camp, is a small military village of the British Armed Forces, located near Two Boats on Ascension Island, a British Overseas Territory. It was built following the Falklands War to house Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working on RAF Ascension Island, opening in December 1983.[1] [2] [3] In addition to residential accommodation, RAF Travellers Hill also contains a NAAFI club complex (consisting of a general provisions store, licenced bar, and 'sticky bun' eatery), cinema, and outdoor swimming pool (one of only two on the island.[3]