Tags: Military Structure.
GCHQ Scarborough is a satellite ground station located on Irton Moor on the outskirts of Scarborough in North Yorkshire England operated by the British signals intelligence service (GCHQ).The station was opened in 1943 on the site of the old Scarborough racecourse. GCHQ Scarborough was rebuilt in 1974 with more modern facilities. When GCHQ Culmhead in Somerset closed in 1999 its functions transferred to GCHQ Scarborough.
