🏠 Indoor & outdoor🆓 Free entryEducationalSeasonal opening
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Ample free parking for bikes, cars and coaches; designated disabled bays within 50 metres of the entrance.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
A small military history museum set in the original control tower and wartime buildings of the former RAF Thorpe Abbotts airfield in south Norfolk. It tells the story of the American 100th Bombardment Group, which flew B-17 Flying Fortress bombers from the base in 1943 to 1945, through display cases, personal stories, photographs and memorabilia. Volunteers are on hand to explain the displays and answer questions, and many of the exhibits are linked to the individual airmen who owned them. Families with older children interested in aviation or the Second World War will find plenty to look at, and the open grounds and picnic benches around the control tower make it easy to combine a visit with a walk. Entry is free, and well-behaved dogs are welcome on the ground floor and grounds.
Seasonal opening: weekends and bank holidays March to October, plus Wednesdays May to September.
Questions parents ask
- Is there somewhere to eat, or should we bring a picnic?
- There is a café at the museum, and there is also a picnic area if you prefer to bring your own food.
- How long should we allow for a visit?
- We haven't found information about typical visit length on the page. It would be worth contacting them in advance to ask whether a couple of hours or a full afternoon suits your family's pace.
- Can we bring our dog?
- Yes, dogs are welcome at the museum.
- Is there parking, and how far is the walk from the car?
- Parking is available at the museum, including blue-badge spaces. The page does not confirm the distance from the car park to the entrance.
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.
Flask of tea
Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
Boiled sweets for the carEars on hills, boredom on motorways.- Waterproof phone pouch
Umbrella- Blister plastersNew shoes and a long walk are a bad pairing.
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0
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