The Defence School of Transport (DST) is situated in Leconfield

Leconfield

Leconfield is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of Beverley town centre and lies on the A614 road....

, East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England on a former RAF base (RAF Leconfield

RAF Leconfield

The former RAF Leconfield, or 'Leconfield Camp' was a Royal Air Force airbase in Leconfield , East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The site is now used by the MoD Defence School of Transport Leconfield .-History:...

). The site is now called Normandy Barracks.

History

The site was handed over to the Army in the mid 1970s and the Army School of Mechanical Transport (ASMT) was established in 1977. In 1996 the school became the Defence School of Transport when it became responsible for training the RAF and Navy as well as the Army. In 2010 DST Leconfield was awarded the Freedom of the East Riding by the East Riding of Yorkshire council.

DCLPA

DST Leconfield is one of the six Schools that make up the Defence College of Logistics and Personal Administration (DCLPA). The others are:

• The Defence EOD Munitions and Search School (DEMSS)
• The Defence School of Personnel Administration (DSPA)
• The Defence Food Services School (DFSS)
• The Defence Logistics School (DLS)
• The Defence Maritime Logistics School (DMLS)

Current Role

DST Leconfield is said to be the largest residential driving school in the World it has approximately 16km of road circuits plus 26km of off road cross country circuits, including hills and lakes. DST Leconfield has an annual through put of over 16,000 students and can train up to 1,400 students at any one time. DST has 10 satellite sites 9 in the south of England and 1 in the north at Catterick providing car licence acquisition by contract. DST issues over 10,000 driving licences each year.

Training ranges from licence acquisition for all types of vehicles from motorcycles to LGVs. Following on from licence acquisition DST Leconfield carries out training on all matters relating to road transport including training on specialist military wheeled vehicles ranging from the Honda 1300cc Pan-American motorcycle to the 60 ton Kalmar RT240 rough terrain container handler. In addition to the military training, DST Leconfield provides specialist driver training courses for the emergency services, Defence Attaches

Military attaché

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, and overseas customers.

DST has a fleet of over 1,300 vehicles that cover over 5.5 million miles each year.

Two RAF Sea King Search and Rescue

RAF Search and Rescue Force

The RAF Search and Rescue Force is the Royal Air Force organisation which provides around-the-clock aeronautical search and rescue cover in the United Kingdom, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.-History:...

helicopters of "E" Flight, 202 Squadron are also located at DST Leconfield.

The Defence School of Transport is also the home of a Met Office weather station.

External links

MOD

• DST Leconfield
• DST Leconfield Preparing military drivers for Helmand's varied terrain

Press

• Local Press

Video Links

• DST Leconfield Video
• DST Leconfield Training