ROF Aycliffe, was a Royal Ordnance Factory built on an 867-acre (3.51 km2) site off Heighington Lane, Aycliffe, County Durham, England during the early 1940s.
The former WW2 Royal Ordnance Factory building at Aycliffe
A munitions worker at a ROF Aycliffe, c1942
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, the town is 5 miles to the north of Darlington and 10 miles to the south of Durham. It is the oldest new town in the north of England. Together with the bordering Aycliffe Village and the north part of School Aycliffe, it forms the civil parish of Great Aycliffe. The population of the town at the time of the 2021 census was 26,415.
The town centre
The parish coat of arms, registered in October 1956
Newton Aycliffe during its construction as a new town
Newton Aycliffe Industrial Estate.