🏠 Indoor🆓 Free entryEducational
What’s there
- Free parking
Free parking, described on the venue's site as limited, with a few spaces in front of the hut and one-sided roadside parking.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Housed in part of an original wartime Nissen hut on the Blackdown Hills, this small heritage centre tells the story of the American troop-carrier airfield that prepared aircraft and paratroops for the Normandy invasion in 1944. The displays centre on a large collection of period photographs showing pilots, crews and troops before they flew out. There is also film from the D-Day landings, wartime uniforms and weapons, models and dioramas, and a section on the home front. Children can dress up in uniforms, which makes it a good stop for older children with an interest in history. The centre is staffed by volunteers who are happy to talk through the exhibits. Guided tours of the surviving airfield are available by prior arrangement, and a local pub nearby serves food on opening days.
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.
Kids' headphones
Hairbrush
Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
Spare batteries
Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.- Zip-lock bagsThe shell collection, the wet swimming costume, the half-eaten sandwich.
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0 · david falkner from Birmingham, England, CC BY 2.0 · Donald Trung Quoc Don, CC BY-SA 4.0
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