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Fortunately for the future of the Spitfire, many of the production jigs and machine tools had already been relocated by 20 September, and steps were being taken to disperse production to small facilities throughout the Southampton area.<ref name="Price p. 115" /> To this end, the British government requisitioned the likes of Vincent's Garage in Station Square, [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], which later specialised in manufacturing Spitfire fuselages, and Anna Valley Motors, [[Salisbury]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-05-26|title=Salisbury's secret Spitfire makers honoured with plaques|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-57245138|access-date=2021-07-10}}</ref>
A purpose-built works, specialising in manufacturing fuselages and installing engines, was built at Star Road, [[Caversham, Berkshire|Caversham]] in Reading.<ref name="Smallwood 1996" /> The drawing office in which all Spitfire designs were drafted was moved to [[Hursley House|Hursley Park]], near
Four towns and their satellite airfields were chosen to be the focal points for these workshops:<ref name="Price p. 115" /> Southampton's Eastleigh Airport; Salisbury and the [[RAF High Post|High Post]] and Chattis Hill<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chattis Hill Airfield|url=https://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/airfields/cha.html|access-date=2021-07-15|website=www.hampshireairfields.co.uk}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|A "Spitfire Lane" can be found on the road between Salisbury and [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]] leading to the Chattis Hill aerodrome.|group=nb}} aerodromes; [[Trowbridge]] and [[RAF Keevil]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/features/towncouncil/4455627.Revisiting_town___s_Spitfire_past/|title=Revisiting town's Spitfire past|date=24 June 2009|website=Wiltshire Times|language=en|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> and Reading's [[Henley-on-Thames|Henley]] and [[Aldermaston]] aerodromes. Completed Spitfires were delivered to the airfields on [[Commer]] "[[Queen Mary trailer|Queen Mary]]" low-loader trailers, there to be fully assembled, tested, then passed on to the RAF.<ref name="Smallwood 1996" /> An experimental factory at [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]] was the subject of a Luftwaffe daylight raid, but the bombs missed their target and hit a nearby school.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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