RAF Wittering: Nuclear bomb loading crane is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 2011. Gantry crane. 1 related planning application.

RAF Wittering: Nuclear bomb loading crane

WRENN ID
hollow-chimney-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 2011
Type
Gantry crane
Address
RAF Wittering: Nuclear bomb loading crane, Easton on the Hill
OS grid reference
TF 015 017
Coordinates
52.60427, -0.50252
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Nuclear bomb loading crane at RAF Wittering is a Grade II listed structure made of rolled I-section steel joists and corrugated iron sheet. This fixed gantry crane spans the access road and features two tripod frame columns made of rolled steel joists, which are reinforced with diagonal and horizontal angle-iron stiffeners. At the top of each tripod, a heavier-section RSJ runway beam connects them and supports a travelling electrical hoist. The hoist is housed in a cube-shaped casing clad with corrugated iron sheet, which is open at the bottom and towards the runway beam. The crane has a very shallow gabled roof and a triangular steel outrigger at the bottom. Additionally, a lighting gantry is fixed to the upper surface of the runway beam, and the electrical control box is attached near the base of one of the tripod legs.

Local climate

RAF Wittering: Nuclear bomb loading crane sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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