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Tom's Tour - RAF Air Defence Radar Museum, Horning - CANCELLED DUE TO CURRENT CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

  • RAF Air Defence Radar Museum Bird's Lane Horning, NR12 8YB United Kingdom (map)

Tom has arranged for club members to visit the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum at Horning.

The Museum is an award winning, volunteer run, visitor attraction which offers an enjoyable and informative day out. Housed in the original Grade II listed 1942 radar operations building, the Museum provides a unique window into the history of radar covering the period from WWII to the Cold War.

The cost is £12.00 per person if you are under 60, or £10.00 per person if you are over 60. Student entry is £6.00 which will be paid to the Museum on the day. This gives access to 25 exhibition rooms containing over 10,000 items as well as cockpits from Victor, Jaguar and Tornado planes

RAF Radar Museum Norfolk

RAF Radar Museum Norfolk

Afterwards, why not have a snack or beverage in the Crumb’s Cafe, depending on staffing levels they may also be serving lunch.

The Air Intercept Room

The Air Intercept Room

A Radar Dish

A Radar Dish

About Tom’s Tours

Tom (Secretary of NDPS) regularly organises (at least once a month) shoots at locations that are of interest to photographers but in addition are often difficult to successfully capture either because getting good images is not possible without exclusive access as they are not normally open to the general public or because in normal circumstances photography is not allowed.

About Norwich & District Photographic Society

With roots that can be traced back to the middle of the nineteenth century Norwich & District Photographic Society (NDPS) is one of the oldest photographic societies in the country. The annual season has something for everyone being jam-packed with fantastic presentations from accomplished photographers, practical workshops and tutorials, field trips, special interest groups, the usual photographic competitions and much more...