RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
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Award-winning, Norfolk Broads-based, volunteer-run museum of all things radar and air defence from 1941 onwards at the former RAF Neatishead base.
Open Easter-November, Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm.
Got a question on WW2/Cold War air defence? Send us a DM
Open Easter-November, Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm.
Got a question on WW2/Cold War air defence? Send us a DM
We're proud to announce today the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum has been awarded the King's Award for Voluntary Service.
The award is the highest that can be given to a voluntary organisation, championing the outstanding work of volunteers in their community. #KAVS2025
The award is the highest that can be given to a voluntary organisation, championing the outstanding work of volunteers in their community. #KAVS2025
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We're proud to announce today the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum has been awarded the King's Award for Voluntary Service.
The award is the highest that can be given to a voluntary organisation, championing the outstanding work of volunteers in their community. #KAVS2025
The award is the highest that can be given to a voluntary organisation, championing the outstanding work of volunteers in their community. #KAVS2025
The museum is based in the R30 ops building (bottom left of the photo), now a grade 2* listed structure as a "uniquely intact electronic 'frontline' of the Cold War of international importance". The museum opened in 1994, with the rest of the former RAF Neatishead site now in private hands.🧵
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The museum is based in the R30 ops building (bottom left of the photo), now a grade 2* listed structure as a "uniquely intact electronic 'frontline' of the Cold War of international importance". The museum opened in 1994, with the rest of the former RAF Neatishead site now in private hands.🧵
A few of the photos from last weekend's outstanding 1940s event.
A huge thank you to all the volunteers, entertainers, re-enactors and enthusiasts who help make the event such a success.
We'll be planning more events for our 2026 season so stay tuned for updates.
www.radarmuseum.co.uk
A huge thank you to all the volunteers, entertainers, re-enactors and enthusiasts who help make the event such a success.
We'll be planning more events for our 2026 season so stay tuned for updates.
www.radarmuseum.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A few of the photos from last weekend's outstanding 1940s event.
A huge thank you to all the volunteers, entertainers, re-enactors and enthusiasts who help make the event such a success.
We'll be planning more events for our 2026 season so stay tuned for updates.
www.radarmuseum.co.uk
A huge thank you to all the volunteers, entertainers, re-enactors and enthusiasts who help make the event such a success.
We'll be planning more events for our 2026 season so stay tuned for updates.
www.radarmuseum.co.uk
Mystery object of the day - can you name this piece of equipment and how it is connected to Dr Who?
September 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Mystery object of the day - can you name this piece of equipment and how it is connected to Dr Who?
From one of our volunteers: "If they are referring to the big screen at the front of Upper Ops (Weapons), the only time I saw this in use was at the morning briefings & Exercise briefings.
September 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
From one of our volunteers: "If they are referring to the big screen at the front of Upper Ops (Weapons), the only time I saw this in use was at the morning briefings & Exercise briefings.
#Onthisday 17th September 1944 at 12:45pm the Dunwich Microwave Early Warning plot of American airborne forces approaching the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden.
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@nationaltrust.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#Onthisday 17th September 1944 at 12:45pm the Dunwich Microwave Early Warning plot of American airborne forces approaching the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden.
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@nationaltrust.org.uk
To celebrate reaching 4000 followers on #Bluesky here's our 4000th archive record - showing RAF 114 Signals Unit at Luneberg, Germany in 1948.
114 SU were positioned to assist with the Berlin Airlift and the RAF radar units supporting air traffic control.
114 SU were positioned to assist with the Berlin Airlift and the RAF radar units supporting air traffic control.
August 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
To celebrate reaching 4000 followers on #Bluesky here's our 4000th archive record - showing RAF 114 Signals Unit at Luneberg, Germany in 1948.
114 SU were positioned to assist with the Berlin Airlift and the RAF radar units supporting air traffic control.
114 SU were positioned to assist with the Berlin Airlift and the RAF radar units supporting air traffic control.
Funday Thursdays continue next week with our popular Camouflage workshop with Clive, as well as our teddy bear trail, outdoor games, scavenger hunts, dressing up and Lego challenges, plus all of our regular flight sims, interactive games, open cockpits and volunteer talks.
July 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Funday Thursdays continue next week with our popular Camouflage workshop with Clive, as well as our teddy bear trail, outdoor games, scavenger hunts, dressing up and Lego challenges, plus all of our regular flight sims, interactive games, open cockpits and volunteer talks.
We're very proud to have earned the coveted Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice award for another year. It really means a lot to us to read so many wonderful reviews of our museum and for the repeated mentions of the care and dedication our volunteers demonstrate to engage visitors with our history.
July 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We're very proud to have earned the coveted Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice award for another year. It really means a lot to us to read so many wonderful reviews of our museum and for the repeated mentions of the care and dedication our volunteers demonstrate to engage visitors with our history.
*record scratch* *freeze frame*
Yep, that's me. Pilot Officer P. Peacock.
You're probably wondering how I got here on the No.104 Fighter Controller Course at West Drayton in 1977.
Yep, that's me. Pilot Officer P. Peacock.
You're probably wondering how I got here on the No.104 Fighter Controller Course at West Drayton in 1977.
July 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
*record scratch* *freeze frame*
Yep, that's me. Pilot Officer P. Peacock.
You're probably wondering how I got here on the No.104 Fighter Controller Course at West Drayton in 1977.
Yep, that's me. Pilot Officer P. Peacock.
You're probably wondering how I got here on the No.104 Fighter Controller Course at West Drayton in 1977.
We've been very pleased to see visitors using the new Bloomberg Connects free digital guide to discover and explore the museum.
If you haven't downloaded the app yet, please do, and if you have used it we're interested in hearing your thoughts below on what you enjoyed and what we can improve.
If you haven't downloaded the app yet, please do, and if you have used it we're interested in hearing your thoughts below on what you enjoyed and what we can improve.
July 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We've been very pleased to see visitors using the new Bloomberg Connects free digital guide to discover and explore the museum.
If you haven't downloaded the app yet, please do, and if you have used it we're interested in hearing your thoughts below on what you enjoyed and what we can improve.
If you haven't downloaded the app yet, please do, and if you have used it we're interested in hearing your thoughts below on what you enjoyed and what we can improve.
Some of you haven't watched Angels One Five, and to be honest it shows
July 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Some of you haven't watched Angels One Five, and to be honest it shows
We're pleased to launch our new digital guide to the museum on #BloombergConnects
This free app allows users to download a guide to the museum before you visit to enhance your experience and improve accessibility.
Find Bloomberg Connects on your app store and search RAF Air Defence Radar Museum.
This free app allows users to download a guide to the museum before you visit to enhance your experience and improve accessibility.
Find Bloomberg Connects on your app store and search RAF Air Defence Radar Museum.
July 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We're pleased to launch our new digital guide to the museum on #BloombergConnects
This free app allows users to download a guide to the museum before you visit to enhance your experience and improve accessibility.
Find Bloomberg Connects on your app store and search RAF Air Defence Radar Museum.
This free app allows users to download a guide to the museum before you visit to enhance your experience and improve accessibility.
Find Bloomberg Connects on your app store and search RAF Air Defence Radar Museum.
The museum is open 10am-5pm, Tuesday-Saturday each week until 15th November 2025, entrance tickets can be purchased online through our website or in person and last 12 months from point of purchase for unlimited visits.
June 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The museum is open 10am-5pm, Tuesday-Saturday each week until 15th November 2025, entrance tickets can be purchased online through our website or in person and last 12 months from point of purchase for unlimited visits.
Discover the stories of the Royal Air Force in Norfolk, climb into the cockpit of a Tornado fighter and test your skills in our fighter controller challenges.
June 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Discover the stories of the Royal Air Force in Norfolk, climb into the cockpit of a Tornado fighter and test your skills in our fighter controller challenges.
Are we the coolest museum in Norfolk?
It's going to be a hot weekend so great for our solar panels, but if you're looking to escape the heat you can step into our (genuinely cold) Cold War room!
It's going to be a hot weekend so great for our solar panels, but if you're looking to escape the heat you can step into our (genuinely cold) Cold War room!
June 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Are we the coolest museum in Norfolk?
It's going to be a hot weekend so great for our solar panels, but if you're looking to escape the heat you can step into our (genuinely cold) Cold War room!
It's going to be a hot weekend so great for our solar panels, but if you're looking to escape the heat you can step into our (genuinely cold) Cold War room!
Continuing the theme of tigers, and a recent sighting at the museum, was this green tiger beetle - one of the fastest insects in the world and a mean predator at only 2cm long!
June 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Continuing the theme of tigers, and a recent sighting at the museum, was this green tiger beetle - one of the fastest insects in the world and a mean predator at only 2cm long!
Occasionally we see a tiger moth (like the cream spot tiger above) or more commonly it's 'woolly bear' caterpillar.
Tiger moths have an interesting association with radar, or rather sonar, as they are able to interfere with the echolocation of their main predator - bats.
Tiger moths have an interesting association with radar, or rather sonar, as they are able to interfere with the echolocation of their main predator - bats.
June 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Occasionally we see a tiger moth (like the cream spot tiger above) or more commonly it's 'woolly bear' caterpillar.
Tiger moths have an interesting association with radar, or rather sonar, as they are able to interfere with the echolocation of their main predator - bats.
Tiger moths have an interesting association with radar, or rather sonar, as they are able to interfere with the echolocation of their main predator - bats.
It's #InsectWeek organised by the Royal Entomological Society as a celebration & recognition of these beautiful creatures so vital to the planet.
Being in the Norfolk Broads means we attract lots of different species of butterfly and dragonfly to our wildflower patch
Being in the Norfolk Broads means we attract lots of different species of butterfly and dragonfly to our wildflower patch
June 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It's #InsectWeek organised by the Royal Entomological Society as a celebration & recognition of these beautiful creatures so vital to the planet.
Being in the Norfolk Broads means we attract lots of different species of butterfly and dragonfly to our wildflower patch
Being in the Norfolk Broads means we attract lots of different species of butterfly and dragonfly to our wildflower patch
The former RAF Neatishead is split between us, the Ministry of Defence (big white dome), Andrew Elden Designs and the Academy of Robotics.
AoR own the R30 underground bunker, the Type 84 radar (a national monument) and assorted buildings including the R12 building which used to house a Type 85.
AoR own the R30 underground bunker, the Type 84 radar (a national monument) and assorted buildings including the R12 building which used to house a Type 85.
June 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The former RAF Neatishead is split between us, the Ministry of Defence (big white dome), Andrew Elden Designs and the Academy of Robotics.
AoR own the R30 underground bunker, the Type 84 radar (a national monument) and assorted buildings including the R12 building which used to house a Type 85.
AoR own the R30 underground bunker, the Type 84 radar (a national monument) and assorted buildings including the R12 building which used to house a Type 85.
Remembering #VEDay, Andy Stewart has embarked on a 2k mile trip to raise funds for the RAF Association & trace the route of an RAF mobile radar unit that travelled from Gold Beach in Normandy 1944 to the Baltic coast in May 1945.
Read, support and donate here:
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Read, support and donate here:
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May 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Remembering #VEDay, Andy Stewart has embarked on a 2k mile trip to raise funds for the RAF Association & trace the route of an RAF mobile radar unit that travelled from Gold Beach in Normandy 1944 to the Baltic coast in May 1945.
Read, support and donate here:
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
Read, support and donate here:
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
Many RAF personnel were abroad in France, Netherlands and Germany with the 2nd Tactical Air Force, whilst some members of the mobile radar units, such as AMES 117, were as far east as Czechoslovakia.
#VEDay
#VEDay
May 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Many RAF personnel were abroad in France, Netherlands and Germany with the 2nd Tactical Air Force, whilst some members of the mobile radar units, such as AMES 117, were as far east as Czechoslovakia.
#VEDay
#VEDay
However, for many troops they would be celebrating a long way from their families and wouldn't be home for many months yet, whilst others were being re-equipped and re-embarked to ship off to the Far East as the war with Japan continued.
May 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
However, for many troops they would be celebrating a long way from their families and wouldn't be home for many months yet, whilst others were being re-equipped and re-embarked to ship off to the Far East as the war with Japan continued.
Today we remember VE-Day, the end of the war in Europe in 1945.
After almost 6 years of war, the country rejoiced in finding a new peace.🧵
After almost 6 years of war, the country rejoiced in finding a new peace.🧵
May 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Today we remember VE-Day, the end of the war in Europe in 1945.
After almost 6 years of war, the country rejoiced in finding a new peace.🧵
After almost 6 years of war, the country rejoiced in finding a new peace.🧵
We just heard our first cuckoo of the year and the museum grounds are looking and sounding beautiful with all the blossom and birdsong, thanks to the hard work of our volunteers.
Visit us today to experience the story of this fascinating radar station from those who served here.
Visit us today to experience the story of this fascinating radar station from those who served here.
April 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We just heard our first cuckoo of the year and the museum grounds are looking and sounding beautiful with all the blossom and birdsong, thanks to the hard work of our volunteers.
Visit us today to experience the story of this fascinating radar station from those who served here.
Visit us today to experience the story of this fascinating radar station from those who served here.