What is recorded here
Blue Streak Rocket Engine Test Site is shown as a archaeological place on the public map of Cumberland. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
The Blue Streak Rocket Engine Test Site was used during the 1950s and 1960s for testing rocket engines for the Blue Streak missile programme, a British intermediate-range ballistic missile project. It is historically significant as part of the UK's Cold War defence infrastructure and early space technology development.
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