Arborfield Garrison

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Arborfield Garrison
Arborfield Garrison shown within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU767656
Parish	Arborfield and Newland
	Barkham
Unitary authority	Wokingham
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°23′03″N 0°53′49″W / 51.384204, -0.896967

Arborfield Garrison is an army base in the English county of Berkshire, about one mile to the south east of the village of Arborfield Cross. It is a training base for REME electronics and aeronautical branch(SEAE) and the location of the Regimental Headquarters of, the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of the British Army. The potential craftman study in the school to learn the trade in air tech(Aircraft technician and Avionics technician) or Land systems(Electronic technicians). Adjacent to the base proper is a significant area of housing, containing a mixture of military and civilian properties.

The Garrison and its associated housing estates are split between the civil parishes of Arborfield and Newland and Barkham. Both parishes are within the unitary authority of Wokingham.

Arborfield Garrison is also the home of the REME Museum of Technology, which is open to the public.

Settlements in Wokingham Borough
Towns: Earley | Wokingham | Woodley
Villages: Arborfield | Arborfield Cross | Arborfield Garrison | Barkham | Charvil | Cockpole Green | Crazies Hill | Farley Hill | Finchampstead | Gardeners Green | Grazeley | Hare Hatch | Holme Green | Hurst | Kiln Green | Ravenswood | Remenham | Riseley | Ruscombe | Ryeish Green | Shinfield | Sindlesham | Sonning | Spencers Wood | Swallowfield | Three Mile Cross | Twyford | Wargrave | Winnersh
Other civil parishes: Arborfield and Newland | St Nicholas Hurst | Wokingham Without