War related trips

[brislereg]

I have two teenage ds who are super interested in both world wars. So far we have done the following trips with them which they have loved:

Bletchley Park
Eden Camp in Yorkshire
Cabinet War rooms in Westminster
Museum of flight in East Lothian
Ypres/somme/flanders fields

We have Normandy beaches on the list, and possibly Berlin.

Any other suggestions?

Like Tyneham.

There's also the Museum of Army Flying at Midfle Wallop, and the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.

If you are ever passing through Devon, Upottery is an interesting diversion. It was there that many of the US Airborne Division left in planes for Normandy. You can see some of the overgrown concrete runways and they have a small museum in one of the Nissen Huts run by volunteers.

RAF Flight memorial at Lincoln
Caen War memorial/museum in Caen, Normandy

Beaulieu in Hampshire. It is in the same grounds as the motor museum and has excellent information about SOE
https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/attractions/secret-army-exhibition/

Dover Castle, Churchill War Rooms

More French options - If you’re ever in East France or near Geneva there’s the Museum of the Resistance & Deportation in Nantua. It’s really worth a stop, lots of quirky artefacts and information, like different coloured parachutes dropped for different items - food, weapons, supplies etc.

If they like Band of Brothers, the Overlord itinerary in Normandy always looked good:

www.overlordtour.com/product/tour-3-omaha-band-of-brothers-full-day-tour/

Another vote for the Western Approaches- the war museum in Liverpool.

Cold War rather tyranny WW but my kids enjoyed Hack Green nuclear bunker in the Cheshire countryside.

My friend isn't long back from an Italian WW2 campaign tour, and raved about it. Started in Sicily then moved further north, tracing the steps.

I enjoyed the Museum of the Resistance in Chambery, near Annecy in France. It was v interesting to learn about the Resistance in the mountains. I believe there is also a Holocaust museum there.

The Wellington Tunnels under Arras where 24,000 soldiers were quartered during WW1 waiting for the offensive to begin.
https://www.arraspaysdartois.com/en/shop/en-visit-the-wellington-tunnels/

As PPs have mentioned
Flanders
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Visitor Centre
Ypres
Menin Gate - Last Post every evening at 8pm. I think it's being renovated and due to be completed in May 2025.

Berlin
Jewish Museum and Memorial Berlin
The Boros Bunker, Berlin five-storey bunker Nazi-era bunker (it is now an art gallery of contemporary art).

Templehoft Airport (not sure what's there now but worth a look for the architecture and history of Berlin Airlift).

Great thread!

Bomber command cafe and museum in Lincoln.
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Jersey war tunnels

IWM

In Guernsey:

The enigma transmission bunker
The German hospital

In France

Pont du Hoc
Armistice site near Compuegne
Arromanche - mulberry harbours
Vimy Ridge

In U.K.

York Cold War Bunker
Greenham Common
Cabinet war rooms
American Cemetery Cambridge