The dramatic ruins of the medieval Tynemouth Priory and Castle dominate the rocky headland at the northern mouth of the River Tyne. The entire area has a complex history with a human presence from prehistoric to modern times. It was, for centuries, the site of a monastery, but also a fortified site – one of
The Fleet Air Arm Museum is hosted adjacent to RNAS Yeovilton, an operational air base home to more than 100 aircraft and some 4,300 personnel. The museum tells the story, which begins in 1909, of the Royal Navy in the air. The Royal Naval Air Service was founded in 1914, merged into the Royal Air
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The Military Intelligence Museum is the only museum in the United Kingdom that showcases the often secret work military intelligence, from the Napoleonic era onwards. The collection is rooted in the work of the Intelligence Corps but elements of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force intelligence sit alongside those of the Army and the museum
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The RAF Museum in Hendon is a spectacular aircraft museum on the site of the historic Hendon aerodrome, just over 30 minutes from central London by tube to Colindale and a walk from there, or by car from J4 of the M1. Entry to the museum is free. There is parking on site, but there
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The Tank Museum at Bovington is an extraordinary place. It is the museum of the Royal Armoured Corps and is located adjacent to the military base, Bovington Camp. It was, apparently, Rudyard Kipling’s suggestion that a tank museum should be set up and it opened to the public in 1947. The museum now has more
Orford Ness is Europe’s largest shingle spit, approximately 10 miles long running between the River Alde and the North Sea in Suffolk. It is an internationally important area of shingle habitat, home to a huge variety of wildlife, much of it fragile and precious. What makes it even more interesting – and intriguing – is
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) is an aerial display team flying historic aircraft. They appear at shows throughout the country, on state occasions and at events commemorating the Second World War. The aircraft normally flown are an Avro Lancaster, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane and they are all veterans of the
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The Commando Memorial in the Scottish Highlands was unveiled by the late Queen Mother in 1952. In a dramatic setting, it commemorates all the officers and men of the Commandos who gave their lives in the Second World War, and who trained in the moors and mountains nearby. A garden of remembrance was subsequently added,
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Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery contains almost 5,000 German and Austrian graves. Following an agreement between the UK and what was then the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge) made arrangements to transfer the graves of German servicemen and civilians who had died in Britain during World
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HMS Belfast has been one of London’s landmarks since 1971, a World War Two Royal Navy cruiser permanently moored by London Bridge. Launched just in time for World War II, Belfast saw service on the Arctic Convoys, taking supplies to the Soviet Union (Russia), during D-Day when she supported troops on Gold and Juno beaches
