Stirling Lines

Stirling Lines is a British Army garrison in Credenhill, Herefordshire the headquarters of the 22 Special Air Service Regiment (22 SAS) with the site formerly a Royal Air Force non-flying station for training schools RAF Credenhill.

History
In 1958, the Special Air Service (SAS) was temporarily based at Merebrook Camp in Malvern, Worcestershire a former emergency military hospital that had remained largely unused since 1945. In 1960, the SAS moved to a former Royal Artillery Boy's training unit Bradbury Lines in Hereford which was renamed in 1984 to Stirling Lines in honour of the regiment's founder Colonel David Stirling. In 1994, the RAF ceased using RAF Credenhill with the Army obtaining the site to redevelop as a new base for the SAS with works commencing in 1997. The SAS commenced relocating staff and equipment to Credenhill from Hereford with the redevelopment of the site and the move completed in May 1999. On 30 September 2000, the official opening ceremony was held for the new Stirling Lines with the clock tower re-erected on the new parade ground. The Hereford site was sold to a property developer in March 2001.

Units
Units based at Stirling Lines:
 * 22 Special Air Service Regiment (British Army)
 * A Squadron
 * B Squadron
 * D Squadron
 * G Squadron
 * Special Reconnaissance Regiment (British Army)
 * 264 (Special Air Service) Signal Squadron (British Army - Royal Corps of Signals)
 * 267 (Special Reconnaissance Regiment) Signal Squadron (British Army - Royal Corps of Signals)
 * No. 658 Squadron (Army Air Corps)

In popular culture
In the 1998 spy action film Ronin, Sam asks Spence "What's the colour of the boathouse at Hereford?" after he said he served in the 22 SAS.