£RAF Patrington (Patrington Haven Holiday park) (GCI) station of the Royal Air Force | Education Video by World of Military

<p>(Please note this is not on private land belonging to Patrington Haven Holiday park you must ask for right to take photo and film in this location)</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>RAF Patrington</strong> (or <strong>Royal Air Force Patrington</strong>), was a Ground-controlled interception (GCI) station of the Royal Air Force in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The base was operational during the Second World War, but was replaced by RAF Holmpton during the Cold War, although Patrington's domestic site remained open until the mid-1970s to house personnel for Holmpton. Some of the buildings of the old technical site survive abandoned near to Patrington Haven, but the domestic site has had a holiday park built upon it.</p><p><br></p><p>Since it was sold off in the 1980s, the domestic site now hosts a holiday park. In 2013, a memorial sculpture was unveiled on the holiday site. The original buildings at the Patrington Second World War site are still there, including the <em>Happidrome</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>https://patrington-haven.co.uk/about-us/</p><p><br></p><p>The Park’s History</p><p>Patrington Haven Leisure Park was started by Graham Sparkes in 1984 and is