Royal Air Force Marham Aviation Heritage Centre

Royal Air Force Marham’s Aviation Heritage Centre tells the story of Royal Air Force Marham and military aviation in East Anglia.

The story starts from its beginnings as a Royal Flying Corps Home Defence Airfield in 1916 through to the Second World War, the Cold War, the Tornado GR4 and the latest in aviation technology with the arrival and operation of the F35 ‘Lightning’ with No. 617 Squadron ‘The Dambusters’. The Aviation Heritage Centre provides a fitting tribute to all ex and serving members of the Royal Air Force and is a lasting historical legacy to the enduring memory of the last Royal Air Force station in Norfolk. The Aviation Heritage Centre promotes the historical aspects of the station while encouraging learning through respect for those who have given their lives in the service of their country in all conflicts since 1916. The Aviation Heritage Centre staff are currently creating an archive of material, capturing, archiving and referencing photographs, documents and artefacts from the station and the Royal Air Force in Norfolk. This archive is available to be viewed on request.

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Site Information

Opening Times:

Tuesday and Wednesday 9.00am - 4.00pm; Last Saturday of the month 9.30am - 4.00pm

Address:

RAF Marham Aviation Heritage Centre, King’s Lynn, PE33 9NP, Norfolk

Visitor Information

Parking

Yes

Refreshments (nearby)

Yes

Accessibility by transport

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

Toilets

Yes

Features

Links to National Heritage

Monuments

Social Heritage

Gallery

Nearby Attractions

Attraction 1:

Church of St Mary Magdalen, Pentney

2.49 Miles Away

A late Saxon, early Norman church. The arcading on the north and south nave walls indicates the eastern extent of the original church which would have ended in an apse. Excellent consecration crosses

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Attraction 2:

Shouldham Warren

2.65 Miles Away

Shouldham Warren is a wooded area on the edge of the fens, located a short distance to the north of the village of Shouldham with a track to the parking and picnic area.

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Attraction 3:

Church of St Mary, Barton Bendish

2.83 Miles Away

A tiny thatched church with medieval paintings and Norman carving. The church of St Mary's is idyllic and it has a wonderfully still, white simplicity. Rising from a tall-grassed churchyard, it has aged walls, the color of pale honey, under a mellow thatched roof.

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Attraction 4:

Church of St Martin, Fincham

2.96 Miles Away

This church was extensively rebuilt about 1450 with all the grandeur of the Perpendicular period. It is on the exact site of the earlier St. Martin’s Church and partly on the original walls. The famous Norman font here came from a second church in this village, called St. Michael’s Church, which was pulled down in 1744.

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Attraction 5:

Church of St Andrew, East Lexham

4.1 Miles Away

St Andrew’s round tower is almost entirely Saxon, the area below the parapet was built pre conquest indeed there is speculation that it was built around 900 A.D. That would make it the oldest surviving round tower in the country.

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