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During the Great War, Cannock Chase was used as a training area for troops, and two military camps were established at Coppice Hill, near here, and at Brindley Heath, both connected by a railway.

Likewise, the many permanent buildings on the site belie its description as a camp. Much of the terrain included in the centre is woodland.

In 1925 it became the Morecambe Bay Holiday Camp, with 400 campers in this building and another 100 men in permanent tents in the grounds. It later became Middleton Towers Holiday Camp.

In 1911 Lord Baden-Powell recommended the former site of the Roman camp, Cataractonium, to be a major military camp - it still dominates the town.

In 1925 it became the Morecambe Bay Holiday Camp, with 400 campers in this building and another 100 men in permanent tents in the grounds. It later became Middleton Towers Holiday Camp.

In the 1800s, the Royston Militia camped and performed manoeuvres on the Heath, whilst archaeologists, fascinated by the tumuli, carried out extensive excavations.

Here the 'camp' title is well justified by the neatly erected tents, with two people folding ground sheets (left).

North Wales has been a popular venue for the annual army camps for regulars and for the Territorial Army from around the turn of the 20th century.

In this view of Marske beach, with the distinctive cliffs of Huntcliffe in the distance, there appears to be some form of camp being held on the sands with a row of distinctive wigwam-like

In 1907, Robert Baden Powell held a camp for boys on the island, which laid the foundations for the Boy Scout movement.

Wool had a dramatic increase in population during the 20th century, thanks to the proximity of Bovington army camp and the Winfrith atomic power research station.

He died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident on the road leading north from Bovington Camp.

This is an early view of Tunbridge Wells, with a lone cart ascending the hill beside the common, where early visitors like Queen Henrietta Maria had camped. The view is unmistakable, even today.

Once an important market town, Blandford remains a busy shopping centre, enlivened by the presence of troops from the nearby military camps.

holiday camp in England. In its heyday the camp had its own railway halt, and 'holiday camp expresses' stopped there en route from London to Great Yarmouth.

Only a small part of Middle Row is seen here: No 12 at the east end, with Normans (Outfitters and Camping Equipment) occupying Mann's old premises.

This was an ex-wartime camp containing a searchlight unit and some coastal guns. It is now a caravan park.

In 1549, John Kett led his rebel peasant army from its camp on Mousehold Heath over this fine 14th-century bridge, only for his followers to be cut to pieces in the city.

In October 1644, during the Civil War, Cromwell's men camped in the fields surrounding the village of Chieveley before doing battle at Newbury the following day.

They camped in the grounds of a house in Church Street called Silver Birches, long since demolished.

This view of Northbrook Street shows the facade of Newbury's famous department store, Camp Hopson, established in 1921.

To the right is Camp Hopson department store, with its rubbed brickwork, Doric and Ionic pilasters and tile- hung gables.

This view of Northbrook Street shows the façade of Newbury's famous department store, Camp Hopson, established in 1921.

During the Second World War it was converted to use as a hospital serving the internment camps established at Douglas.