Dowty Electrics - Site Locations

Early development of Dowty electrical components began at Arle Court during WW2 when it was a department of Dowty Equipment.

In 1948 the new electrical section moved to Royal House, Montpelier, Cheltenham.

Then in 1956, Dowty Electrics moved to Ashchurch, Tewkesbury.

Dowty Electrics – Ashchurch, later the Dowty Railway Preservation Society

Dowty Electrics developed and manufactured electrical switches and indicator components used on some of the worlds most modern aircraft and also the electronic and electrical equipment used by Dowty Mining.

In 1967 Dowty Electrics shared the Queens Award for Technical Innovation with Dowty Mining.

Following a fire at Ashchurch in 1969 Dowty Electrics moved to newer premises at Kingsditch lane Trading Estate, Cheltenham

Dowty Electrics, Kingsditch Lane Trading Estate, Cheltenham

c.1988 – Kingsditch Lane Trading Estate, Cheltenham

Ashchurch 7 May 1946. This super aerial view shows the tall provender store and the sidings, with the brand new Dowty factory behind

Ashchurch, Cotswold Packing Co c1935. A fine view showing the sidings, with covered vans for the despatch of boxes of canned fruit, which were made up in the provender store. To the left of the main building can be seen railway workers' houses, while on the right is the Midland Railway tank house, which survives to this day, alongside the main line.