Monument record 1587200000 - Longcroft VHF Fixer Station

Very High Frequency (VHF) Fixer stations formed a network of 79 stations across the United Kingdom established by the Royal Air Force (57 of which were in England). They were built in the early 1950s as part of the Rotor programme to modernise the United Kingdom's radar defences. The stations were divided into thirteen Fixer Organisations and provided directional finding equipment, enabling fighter aircraft crews to receive positional data by transmitting a signal (1-2).
The VHF Fixer at Longcroft was located at SP 913 084. It was a new site in 1951 and as of that date is listed as being operational for the foreseeable future.
The stations in Fixer Organisation One of Metropolitan Command included Wix (Essex), Whittlesford (Cambridgeshire), Pett (East Sussex), Longcroft, Farningham (Kent) and Monkton (Kent) (3).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence (4).