Open Days for 2023 at Bentwaters Cold War Museum
Thursday, February 16th, 2023April – Sunday 2nd, Sunday 9th, Monday 10th, Sunday 16th and Sunday 30th
May – Monday 1st, Sunday 7th, Sunday 21st, Sunday 28th, Monday 29th
June – Sunday 4th, Sunday 18th
July – Sunday 2nd, Sunday 16th
August – Sunday 6th, Sunday 20th, Sunday 27th, Monday 28th
September – Sunday 2rd, Sunday 17th
October – Sunday 1st, Sunday 15th
Opening times: (10am – 4pm each day)
The museum is based in the former USAF hardened command post on the former Bentwaters airfield, we believe that currently this is the only such building open regularly to the public in the UK and Europe. The main “war operations room” and “Battle cabin” have been restored to original condition, the BT telephone exchange room, and decontamination showers and airlock are also as original. Other rooms within the building have been turned into exhibition rooms, covering the history of RAF Bentwaters from W.W.II until the base closed in 1993.