Thorp Arch Trading Estate occupies major part of a former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), ROF Thorpe Arch, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England near Wetherby. The trading estate is now divided into industrial and retail space. There is still much evidence of its former use around the site. It is similar in style and layout to former ROF Aycliffe in Darlington, County Durham.
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