Dad's Army Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Thetford, Norfolk
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Closed — opens Saturday at 10am
🏠 IndoorEducational🆓 Free entry
What’s there
- Café on site
- Dogs welcome
No car parking on site; the museum says several free car parks are nearby.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Dad's Army Museum sits in the old fire station behind Thetford Guildhall, a building that stood in for the town hall in the BBC sitcom's Walmington-on-Sea scenes. Inside, visitors find a reconstruction of Captain Mainwaring's church hall office, display areas of photographs and memorabilia from the series, and a shop. A tea room serves cakes and refreshments. Families with children who know the programme, or who simply enjoy a light heritage visit, can spend an hour or so here without needing to be superfans. Outside, the town's filming locations can be explored on a self-guided audio tour or a guided walking tour, and a bronze statue of Captain Mainwaring stands in the town. Dogs are welcome in the museum, though not in the tea room. The museum is run by volunteers, so opening days vary through the year.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
Hairbrush
Lunch boxes- Backseat organiser
- Painkillers for grown-ups
Pocket money purseGift shop answered in advance, in numbers.
Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
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