RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Rocket is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 2013. Rocket.
RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Rocket
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pinnacle-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 2013
- Type
- Rocket
- OS grid reference
- NY 615 703
- Coordinates
- 55.02626, -2.60334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
RAF Spadeadam is home to the Blue Streak Rocket, a Grade II listed structure. This missile, which served as the first stage rocket booster, measures 60 feet 4 inches in length and is made from stainless steel with a thickness of 0.019-0.025 inches. It weighs approximately 6 tons. The engine bay has been partially stripped, and the engines have been removed, although several pressurized bottles, associated pipework, and electrical components remain in place.
The rocket is mounted on a braced, square section steel handling frame, which features pairs of small carrier wheels at each of its four corners. Each carrying frame was specifically designed for its respective rocket and was constructed at Spadeadam.
Local climate
RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Rocket sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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