Submitting an Event for the Calendar

12/13th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Western Approaches, 1-3 Rumford St, Liverpool L2 8SZ

2/3rd ~ World at War

• Helicopter Museum, Locking Moor Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 8PP
• WEBSITE

2/3rd ~ 1940s Weekend

• Whitwell & Reepham Railway, Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norfolk, NR10 4GA
• WEBSITE

16th ~ 40s Life on the Marsh Home Front

• Romney Marsh Wartime Collection, Ivychurch Road, Romney Marsh, TN29 0EE
• 10:30am - 4:30pm
• WEBSITE

17/18th ~ Memories of the 1940s Homefront

• The National Tramway Museum, Crich Tramway Village, nr Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5DP
• 10:00am-5:30pm (last entry 4:00pm)
• WEBSITE

23/24th ~ No Mans Land Living History Event (MP)

• Bodrhyddan Hall, Dyserth Rd, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, LL18 5SB
• 10:00am - 4:00pm
• FACEBOOK

23/24th ~ Wartime in the Cotswolds

• Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway, Toddington Railway Station, New Town, Toddington GL54 5DT

30th April - 1/2nd May ~ Grantham Vintage Festival

• Grantham House, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6SS
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• Saturday Evening Dance
• WEBSITE , FACEBOOK

30/1st ~ Festival of Vintage (MP)

• York Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Knavesmire Road, York YO23 1EX
• 10:00am - 5:00pm both days
• Day Ticket £15.00, Weekend Ticket £28.00
• Free Parking. No Dogs
• WEBSITE

1/2nd ~ Grantham Vintage Festival 

• see April listing for details.

1/2nd ~ 1940s & Wartime Weekend

• Staveley Hall, Staveley Hall Dr, Staveley, Chesterfield S43 3TN

1/2nd ~ Stonor Park at War (MP)

• Henley on Thames 
• FACEBOOK

1/2nd ~ Wartime Wheels

• Caldicot Castle, Church Road, Caldicot, NP26 4HU
• 11:00am-4:00pm
• Free Entry
• FACEBOOK

6/7/8th ~ Brougham Hall 1940s Weekend

• Brougham Hall, Brougham, Penrith CA10 2DE
• FACEBOOK

7th ~ VE Day Celebration

• Museum of Cannock Chase, Valley Road, Hednesford , WS12 1TD
• 11:00am-4:00pm
• FACEBOOK

7/8th ~ Tilford at War

• Rural Life Living Museum, Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2DL

7/8th ~ Operation Ashbourne 1940s Weekend

• Moor Lane, Ashbourne, DE6 1NA
• Evening Dance
• Price: £3 Adult || £1.50 Child || £5 Car Park
• FACEBOOK

Bless Em' All (Concert)

• Sunday 8th May, 3pm & 7:30pm
• The Spa Pavilion, Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2DX
• Tickets are £17.50 Adults and £14.50 Concessions/U16.
• WEBSITE

14th ~ Commemorate VE, VJ Day

• Garthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN17
• 12:00pm - 5:00pm
• FACEBOOK

14/15th ~ Melton Mowbray 1940s Weekend

• Town Center, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 
• FACEBOOK , WEBSITE

14/15th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Kent and East Sussex Railway, Tenterden Town Station, Station Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HE
• WEBSITE

14/15th ~ Temple at War (MP)

• Braintree, Essex CM77
• Saturdar 9:00am-5:00pm, Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm
• Only Support Dogs
• DIRECTIONS
• TICKETS
• WEBSITE

15th ~ 1940s Day

• Bressingham Steam Museum & Gardens, Low Rd, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2AA
• 10:30am Start
• Assistant Dogs Only
• WEBSITE

21/22nd ~ Haworth 1940s Weekend

• Main Street, Haworth, BD22 8DF
• WEBSITE , FACEBOOK

21/22nd ~ Blyth Battery Goes to War

• Blyth Battery, South Beach, Blyth, NE24 3PQ
• 10:00am - 4:00pm
• WEBSITE

21/22nd ~ 1940s Event

• The Village, Church Farm, Church Road South, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 2HF 
• WEBSITE

27/28/29th ~ Sandwich 1940s Weekend

• Cattle Market, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9AH
• FACEBOOK

28/29th ~ Ironbridge 1940s Weekend

•  Dale End Park & Ironbridge Town ~ TF8
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• Dog Friendly
• Camping available
• Evening Dance, Saturday 28th May. Tickets are £20 including a fish & chip supper (£15 without supper).
• FACEBOOK , WEBSITE

28/29th ~ Middy in the War Years

• Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Brockford Station, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5PW
• WEBSITE

28/29th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Leicestershire, NG32 1PE
• 11:00am - 4:00pm
• WEBSITE , FACEBOOK EVENT

2/3/4/5th ~ Great Central Railway 1940s Weekend

• Quorn and Woodhouse Station, Loughborough, LE12 8AG
• WEBSITE

2/3/4/5th ~ Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee 1940s Weekend

• Lakeside Village Shopping Centre, White Rose Way, Doncaster, DN4 5PJ
• FACEBOOK EVENT

3/4/5th ~ East Lancashire Railway 1940s Weekend 

• Bolton Street Station, Bolton Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0EY

3/4/5th ~ The Overlord Show (MP)

• The Lawns, Forest Road, Denmead, Hampshire
• Sat Nav ~ PO7 6HS will get you to Little Mead, which is directly opposite the Show Entrance.
• 9:00am-5:00pm
• Free Parking
• Dogs welcome on lead
• WEBSITE

4/5th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway, The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT
• Well behaved Dogs on Lead Welcome
• 10:00am Start
• WEBSITE

11/12th ~ Southwick Spirit of D-Day Revival

• Southwick Village, Southwick, Fareham, Hampshire, PO17 6BE
• WEBSITE

11/12th ~ Wicksteed at War (MP)

• Wicksteed Park, Barton Road, Kettering Northamptonshire NN15 6NJ
• Park opens at 8:00am
• Free Event
• Dog Friendly
• WEBSITE

11/12th ~ Hayfield Wartime

• Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster, DN9 3NP

11/12th ~ Hever Castle Home Front

• Hever Castle, Hever Rd, Hever, Kent, Edenbridge TN8 7NG
• WEBSITE

11/12th ~ Vintage by the Sea (ME)

• High Street, Sutton-on-Sea, LN12
• 10:00am - 4:00pm
• WEBSITE 

12th ~ Boston 1940s Day

• Central Park, Boston, PE21 6PH
• 10:00am start
• FACEBOOK

12th ~ Heywood 1940s Day

• Heywood, Manchester, OL10 1EH
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• FACEBOOK

12th ~ Bridlington Platinum Jubilee 1940s - 1950s Event (ME)

• Bridlington Old Town, East Yorkshire, YO16
• FACEBOOK

18th ~ Stannington Parish Battle of Britain Event

• Stannington Parish, Morpeth, Northumberland. NE61
• 10:00am start
• £5 per Adult, Children under 12 free
• FACEBOOK

18/19th ~ Bottisham at War

• Bottisham Airfield Museum, Wilbraham Road, Bottisham, CB25 9BU
• 10:00am - 4:00pm
• FACEBOOK EVENT

18/19th ~ The Romney Marsh Wartime Weekend

• Romney Marsh Wartime Collection, Ivychurch Road, Romney Marsh, TN29 0EE
• 10:30am - 4:30pm
• WEBSITE

24/25/26th ~ Springwell 1940s Weekend

• Springwell Village, Community Venue, Fell Rd, Springwell Village, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 7RP
• WEBSITE

24/25/26th ~ Battle of Britain Airshow

• Headcorn Aerodrome, Shenley Road,  Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9HX
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• Free Parking
• Camping Available 
• Dog Friendly
• WEBSITE

25/26th ~ Padiham on Parade

• Padiham, Lancashire, BB12
• FACEBOOK , WEBSITE

25/26th ~ Severn  Valley  1940s  Weekend  Part  1

• Kidderminster Station, Station Drive, Kidderminster DY10 1QX
• There are other stations along the line that parking is available at please contact the Railway before planning your visit for a special event.
• WEBSITE

25/26th ~ Crowland 1940s Weekend

• Crowland, Peterborough PE6 0AY
• FACEBOOK

25/26th ~ Wartime in the Vale

• Ashdown Farm, Badsey, Nr Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 7PA. 
• Use postcode WR11 7EN for entry to the show 
• WEBSITE

25/26th ~ A Blitz Weekend

• The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, DMS Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9PY
• WEBSITE

1/2/3rd ~ Ingleton 1940s Weekend

• Main Street, Ingleton, LA6 3EB
• FACEBOOK , WEBSITE

2/3rd ~ Severn  Valley  1940s  Weekend  Part  2

• Kidderminster Station, Station Drive, Kidderminster DY10 1QX
• There are other stations along the line that parking is available at please contact the Railway before planning your visit for a special event.
• WEBSITE

2/3rd ~ 1940s Weekend

• Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, Tattershall Thorpe, LN4 4PL
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• Entry £5.00 per person - Under 12 free
• WEBSITE

2/3rd ~ Stapleford Salute to the 40s

• Stapleford Miniature Railway, Stapleford Park near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 2SF
• Public camping is available £40 per pitch including admission, email Alan :- events.fsmr@gmail.com to book.
• WEBSITE

2/3rd ~ Capel Military Show (MP)

• Aldhurst Farm, Temple Lane, Capel, Surrey, RH5 5HJ
• SAT NAV ~ RH5 5HJ. This postcode will get you to the correct area; however, you will need to look out for Capel Military Show event signage to direct you to the correct entrance.
• Free Car Park
• Dog Friendly
• More FAQ for event
• WEBSITE

2/3rd ~ South Devon 1940s Festival

• South Devon Railway Trust, The Station, Dartbridge Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DZ
• WEBSITE

2/3rd ~ The 1940s Experience

• Isle of Wight Steam Railway, The Railway Station, Havenstreet, Isle of Wight, PO33 4DS
• Dogs Welcome, there is a charge.
• Parking Looks to be Free for normal times not sure about event days.
• TICKETS
• WEBSITE

8/9/10th ~ Vintage for Victory - Vintage Festival (MP)

• Whitchurch Library Gardens, Park Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 7XA
• 9th & 10th site opens for day visitors 10:00am - 9:00pm
• Early Bird Adult Tickets start at £25.00
• Camping for weekend £35.00
• WEBSITE 

9/10th ~ Woodhall Spa 1940s Weekend

• Jubilee Park, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, LN10 6QH
• WEBSITE

9/10th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Black Country Living Museum, Tipton Rd, Dudley DY1 4SQ

10th ~ 1940s Day

• Heskin Hall, Wood Lane, Heskin, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5PA
• 10:00am-5:00pm
• WEBSITE

15/16/17th ~ Market Rasen at War

• DeAston Field, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 3DX
• WEBSITE

16th ~ Wartime Bridgend

• Bridgend Town Centre, Bridgend, Wales, CF31 1EF
• FACEBOOK

16/17th ~ Battles for Victory (MP)

• Manston Road, Birchington-on-Sea, Kent
• 10:00am - 5:00pm each day
• Pre-order £7.50 per day TICKETS, Pay at the door £10.00 per day, 13's and under FREE
• Camping Available 
• FACEBOOK , WEBSITE

CANCELLED - 16/17th ~ Peterlee 1940s Weekend

• Shotton Hall, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 2PH
• Evening Dance
• FACEBOOK

23/24th ~ Leyburn 1940s Weekend

• Leyburn, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire
• WEBSITE

23/24th ~ Shrewsbury 1940s Weekend

• Longden Village Hall, Shrewsbury, SY5 8EX 
• FACEBOOK

23/24th ~ 1940's Weekend

• Statfold Barn Railway, Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire B79 0BU
• Camping is available for selected weekends
• Dog Friendly but not in the Diner
• WEBSITE

23/24th ~ Lincoln 1940s Weekend

• LINCOLN CATHEDRAL QUARTER, Bailgate and Steep Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
• 10:00am-5:00pm
• Free
• WEBSITE

26/27/28/29/30th ~ War & Peace Revival

• Hop Farm, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, TN12 6PY
• Camping
• WEBSITE 

6th ~ East Kirkby Airshow

• Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Spilsby, Lincs, PE23 4DE
• WEBSITE

6/7th  ~ Morecambe 1940s Revival

• Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 5
• WEBSITE

6/7th ~ Harborough at War (MP)

• Market Harborough Showground, Public Access ~ Innovation Ctr Roundabout, Market Harborough, Leics, LE16 7WB
• 9:00am – 5:00pm both days
• Dog Friendly
• Evening Dance
• TICKETS
• WEBSITE

6/7th ~ Mid Norfolk Railway at War

• Railway Station, Station Rd, Dereham NR19 1DF
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• WEBSITE , FACEBOOK

6/7th ~ Yanks are back in Saddleworth

• New Venue address coming soon.
• FACEBOOK 

12/13/14th ~ Salute to the 40s, 

• International Bomber Command Centre, Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ
• WEBSITE

12/13/14th ~ Yorkshire Military Experience

• Hunsworth Lane, Hunsworth, Nr Bradford, BD4 6RN
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• WEBSITE 

13/14th ~ Alford 1940s Weekend

• Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9 
• FACEBOOK 

13/14th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Stonehurst Family Farm & Museum, Bond Lane, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7AA

20/21st ~ Lytham 1940s Weekend 

• Lytham Green, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 5LD
• FREE
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• Parking £5 per car per day Lytham Green
• FACEBOOK , WEBSITE

20/21st ~ Ramsey 1940s Weekend

• The Camp, Wood Lane, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire.  PE26 2XB
• WEBSITE

20/21st ~ RAF Harrowbeer 1940s Weekend

• RAF Harrowbeer, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6BT
• FREE
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• Parking details can be found HERE
• WEBSITE

20/21st ~ Whitehorse Military Show (MP)

• The Hollow Bratton, Westbury, BA13 4TT
•  £5, under 18s free
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• FACEBOOK

27/28/29th ~ Military Odyssey (MP)

• Kent Showground, Maidstone, ME14 3JF
• WEBSITE

27/28/29th ~ Whitby War Weekend

• Next to Whitby Abbey, Hawsker Lane, Whitby, YO22 4JR
• 10:00am-5:00pm Sat & Sun, 10:00am-4:00pm Mon
• Dogs welcome on lead
• Camping avaiable
• WEBSITE

27/28/29th ~ The Way We Were (30s-50s) (MP)

• East Somerset Railway, Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
• Dog Friendly
• 10:00am - 4:30pm
• WEBSITE

27/28th ~ Remember the 20th Century (MP)

• Newark Air Museum, Drove Lane, Winthorpe, Newark, Notts, NG24 2NY
• WEBSITE

2/3/4th ~ The Victory Show

• Foxlands Farm, Cosby, Leicestershire, LE9 1SG
• WEBSITE

3/4th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Milton Keynes Museum, McConnell Drive,  off H2 Millers Way,  Stacey Bushes,  MK12 5EL
• FACEBOOK

3/4th ~ Life on the Home Front Build up to D Day

• Embsay Bolton Abbey Railway, Bolton Abbey Railway Station, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, BD23 6AF
• 9:30am-4:30pm
• Free Parking
• Dogs Welcome
• Displays and trains at both Bolton Abbey Station (BD23 6AF) and Embsay Station (BD23 6QX).
• WEBSITE

9/10/11th ~ Step back in Time

• The Venue at Roses, Roses sports Field, North Warren Road, Gainsborough, DN21 2TU
• FACEBOOK EVENT , FACEBOOK

9/10/11th ~ Forties Weekend

• West Somerset Railway, The Railway Station, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5BG
• FACEBOOK

10/11th ~ Salute to the 40s,

• Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, 1st Floor North, Fitted Rigging House, Anchor Wharf, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ
• SAT NAV Postcode ME4 4TY
• WEBSITE

10/11th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, Ludborough Station, Station Road, Ludborough, Lincolnshire, DN36 5SQ.
• Free Parking
• Dogs welcome, £1.00 charge
• First train departs 10.45am, hourly, with last train departing 3.45pm
• WEBSITE

16/17/18th ~ Grassington 1940s Weekend

• National Park Centre, Grassington, Skipton BD23 5AT
• 10:00am - 4:00pm
• WEBSITE

16/17/18th ~ 1940s Military Show

• Betteshanger Park, Sandwich Road, Deal, Kent CT14 0BF
• Tickets ~ Pre Booked  £7.50  (on the gate  £10.00) under 13's Free
• WEBSITE

17/18th ~ 1940s Weekend inc. Holt/Sheringham, North Norfolk Railway

• HOLT STATION ~ A free park & ride service using vintage buses will operate from Holt Rugby Club, Bridge Road (NR25 6QT) OR Parking will also be available at Gresham School (NR25 6EA), a short walk from Holt Station
• WEYBOURNE STATION ~ A private car park will operate next to the railway at Sandy Lane, Weybourne (NR25 7AW) (a charge will apply – proceeds to Sheringham Youth Football Club)
• SHERINGHAM STATION ~ There is very limited parking in the North Norfolk District Council car park adjacent to Sheringham Station (charges apply)
• WEBSITE

23/24/25th ~ Welshpool 1940s Weekend

• Welshpool, Powys, Wales, SY21 7JQ
• FREE
• WEBSITE 

24/25th ~ Fort for Victory

• Gravesend Fort Gardenss, Gravesend, DA12 2BT
• 10:00am - 5:00pm
• FACEBOOK EVENT
• FACEBOOK PAGE

24/25th ~ Avon Valley Railway 1940s Weekend

• Avon Valley Railway, Bitton Station, Bath Rd, Bitton, Bristol BS30 6HD
• WEBSITE

1/2nd~ Wallingford at War

• Cholsey & Wallingford Railway, Wallingford Station, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9GQ
• FACEBOOK , WEBSITE

1/2nd ~ Tanat Valley Light Railway WWII Event

• Tanat Valley Light Railway, Nant Mawr Visitor Centre, off Blodwel Bank, Nant Mawr, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9HW
• Evening Dance
• WEBSITE , FACEBOOK

15/16th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Papplewick Pumping Station, Rigg Lane, Ravenshead, Nottingham, NG15 9AJ
• 10:30am-4:00pm
• WEBSITE

15/16th ~ 1940s Weekend

• Rushden Transport Museum, Rushden Station, Station Approach, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0AW
• WEBSITE

12th ~ Ossett in the 1940s

• Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF5
• 10:00am-5:00pm
• Evening Dance
• FACEBOOK

10/11th ~ Wartime Christmas 2022

• National Emergency Services Museum, The Old Police/Fire Station, West Bar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8PT
• WEBSITE