RAF Travellers Hill

{{Short description|Accommodation village for Royal Air Force personnel on Ascension Island}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = RAF Travellers Hill

|settlement_type = military village

|pushpin_map = Ascension Island

|pushpin_map_caption= Map showing location of RAF Travellers Hill

|coordinates = {{Coord|07|56|40.82|S|14|22|20.73|W}}

|subdivision_type = Sovereign state

|subdivision_name = United Kingdom

|subdivision_type1 = British Overseas Territory

|subdivision_name1 = St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

|subdivision_type2 = Island

|subdivision_name2 = Ascension

|area_land_km2 = 1.63

|elevation_m = 203

}}

RAF Travellers Hill, originally known as Travellers Hill Camp, is a small military village of the British Armed Forces, located near Two Boats on Ascension Island, a British Overseas Territory. It was built following the Falklands War to house Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working on RAF Ascension Island, opening in December 1983.{{Cite web|last=Avis|first=Graham|date=December 1998|title=Avis Part Twenty - The Final Saga?|url=https://heritage.org.ac/avis20.htm|website=Ascension Island Heritage Society|access-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713212932/https://Heritage.org.ac/avis20.htm|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead}}{{Cite journal|last1=Weber|first1=Nicola|last2=Weber|first2=Sam|journal=Ascension Island Conservation Quarterly|title=Biodiversity Action Plan: Finding the balance between native and introduced vegetation|date=2014|issue=48|page=5|url=http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/VOL48.pdf|publisher=Ascension Island Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211170936/http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/VOL48.pdf|archive-date=11 February 2017}}{{Cite web|title=RAF Travellers Hill - Google Earth|url=https://earth.google.com/web/search/Ascension+Island,+Saint+Helena,+Ascension+and+Tristan+da+Cunha/@-7.94523483,-14.37432788,189.56103283a,1774.46365669d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CigiJgokCWSke97aQjDAEfphJ0qFjTDAGdObym0yYiHAIYiaGqsapiLA|access-date=2020-10-22|website=earth.google.com}} In addition to residential accommodation, RAF Travellers Hill also contains a NAAFI club complex (consisting of a general provisions store, licensed bar, and 'sticky bun' eatery), cinema, and outdoor swimming pool (one of only two on the island).