UK Trip Planning

There's the Combined Services Museum in Maldon Essex

Collection Highlights Combined Military Services Museum

I really enjoyed the Churchill War rooms…sure seemed like much was still a time capsule.

And votes also for the victory, Mary Rose and the iron-clad ship all in the same location. No wonder why Britain ruled the seas once upon a time.

The IWM Duxford museum is excellent if you enjoy aviation. The renovation sheds are really interesting. Also home of the airborne museum and land warfare exhibits.

I would echo what said about not bothering with the IWM, its now a sad shadow of its former self as a result of the dumbing down from the young professional curator types now running IWM sites at Lambeth and Duxford, and similar types at RAFM Hendon... :thdown:

If travelling down to Portsmouth to visit Victory, as other have said, include Mary Rose, RM Museum and the trip over to Gosport for the Sub musuem. :thup:
If you can arrange it, stay local overnight nearby in Southampton perhaps, and next day you could do the Tank Museum at Bovington which as others have suggested is very worthwhile.

Thanks all for the inputs! Embarked on the first leg of the work portion of the trip today (Bermuda for about 28 hours. Haha), then off to Scotland tomorrow and on to England from there. Should be a great trip

ENJOY

Later 42rocker