The Thorpe Camp Preservation Group has set up a Visitor Centre to commemorate those who fought for freedom in World War 2 based in Lincolnshire.Thorpe Camp was attached to the airfield at Woodhall Spa where 97, 617(Dambusters), 619 & 627 Squadrons were based.
We are open from Easter Sunday, Bank Holiday Mondays and Wednesdays in July and August until October. Opening times are 11am until 5pm.
Our admission price is £3, children and members of TCVC free. For special events and weekends, entry is £5 per person per day.
The centre was formerly part of No.1 Communal Site, RAF Woodhall Spa, and was Built in 1940 with a planned life span of only 10 years!.
The site included the Officers and Sergeants Messes, Airmen's Dining Halls and the NAAFI building, together with Ration Store, Latrines and Ablution Block.
Only the Airmens's Dining Halls, the NAAFI, Ablution Block and Ration Store are within the Centre's boundary.
The Thorpe Camp Preservation Group established the Visitor Centre in 1988 to commemorate those Airmen who flew from the airfield in World War II.
97, 619, 617 (Dambusters) and 627 Squadrons were based at RAF Woodhall Spa.
Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre is open from 11am to 5pm every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from Easter to the end of September and every Wednesday during July & August.
Ample free car parking.
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