Events

The Vulcan Day of 2019 is a great opportunity to get ‘up close and personal’ with Vulcan XL426 at London Southend Airport.

As well as the Vulcan, there will be much to keep the whole family entertained.

Our Visit the Vulcan Days are great days out for aircraft enthusiasts and the general public alike. The VRT Team will be on hand to give guided tours of Vulcan XL426 and for an additional fee you can climb inside the Vulcan’s cockpit.

Other displays include a rare WE177B nuclear bomb, carried by the Vulcan during its time with the RAF, as well as examples of the 1,000 lb high explosive bombs the Vulcan dropped on Port Stanley airfield during the 1982 Falklands Conflict.

Also on display will be the life raft which the Vulcan’s crew would have used had they had to bale out of the aircraft over the sea.

The 10th Essex will be there with our Show and Tell table enabling the public to get up and personal to some of the equipment that a Tommy would have during the Great War.

There will be a face painting and burger, hot dog, ice cream and doughnut stands will ensure no one goes hungry. The VRT souvenir stand will be open selling a selection of Vulcan souvenirs, including Vulcan models, badges, patches, postcards, books, and much more.

Limited free car parking will be available close to the Vulcan. Please follow the ‘Vulcan Open Day’ direction signs after entering the airport. If the Vulcan car park is full, visitors will need to park in the airport’s short stay car park (for which there is a charge) which is approximately 10 minutes walk from the Vulcan.

Visitors can arrive by bus or train. London Southend Airport station is approximately 10 minutes walk away and is served by frequent trains on the London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria line – turn left when leaving the station and follow the signs to the Vulcan.

Details of train times, local bus services and car parking charges can be found on the London Southend Airport website: www.southendairport.com

Sorry – due to airport rules, we regret that no pets can be admitted with the exception of assistance dogs.

This is a living-history event focussing on the Great War and the British Armed Forces in all its glory

Focused upon domestic country house life in 1918, at the start of the fourth year of the Great War.

The ‘Family’ in the Hall will be entertaining their guests, tended to by their staff. The cooks will be busy in the kitchen, and the other staff in the House. The local representative of the nursing VAD will be looking to recruit volunteers and a detachment of the Army Service Corps have arrived and set up their stores. If weather permits, there may even be a game or two of lawn bowls, or some cricket after luncheon.

All is set in the year 1918 – see how the Hall and the village responded to the dramatic changes brought by The Great War.

Formally this was the Military and Flying Machines show and after a break of a year they decided to rebrand the show. Therefore it is now called ‘Echoes of History’, a multi-period event showcasing history through the ages along with classic cars and model displays.

The Essex HMVA Echoes of History show is THE premier living history and military vehicle show for the East Anglia area … we have so many experiences that will leave you wanting more.

The show is entirely run by a Charity, The Essex Historic Military Vehicle Association and this is our main fundraising event – All the organisers and people at the event are volunteers who take no salary and any money that is made goes directly to fund our charitable work.

Please follow the link below to read more about the event.

Capturing the atmosphere of a Brooklands race day, the new style Brooklands Relived sees us take a step back in time to the heyday of the track.

The site will be filled with the actual cars, motorcycles and bicycles that raced here from 1907-1939. We will also be welcoming other pre-War vehicles, which will be parked up, as spectators’ vehicles would have been on race days.

There will be plenty of action on site as well, including Test Hill ascents, “Race Starts” on the restored Finishing Straight, Aircraft Fly-ins and demonstration laps around the Mercedes Benz World circuit.

Military Odyssey celebrates its 19^th year and we have been invited back.

With groups covering a vast period of global history, including Romans, Vikings, Medieval, Napoleonic, the American Civil War, the Wild West, World Wars I & II, Vietnam right up to the present day.

With over 4,000 re-enactors and living history enthusiasts in attendance as well as over 250 stalls and 200 vehicles, Military Odyssey is the world’s largest multi-period re-enactment show. Regardless of your historical knowledge, there is bound to be something for you.

The 200 acre site has 2 separate arenas in addition to the main battlefield, where battlefield re-enactments take place all weekend.

There are numerous food courts on site, including a Beer Tent, Beer hall, indoor seating area as well as toilet facilities. Military Odyssey is wheelchair accessible too.

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