Dale Barracks

Dale Barracks is a British Army base at Moston near Chester, England.

The barracks are situated in the grounds of Moston Hall, a house built in 1789 for Richard Massey.

[3][4] The rest of the site was occupied by a house known as The Dale which was built in the 1880s and was bought by the War Office in 1938.

[5] Between 1956 and 1987, it was part of Western Command and home to 165 Western Command Provost Company (RMP);[6][7] part of the Dale was also used for civilian purposes as a secure asylum before it was returned to military use as the officer's mess for the barracks of the 1st Battalion the King's Regiment.

[10] The 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment left the barracks in August 2022, moving to Episkopi.