Ashdown WW2 Camp

The only MV Club to have a unique WW2 Camp

Ashdown Camp is a 40 acre site, with most of the structures rescued from within the Vale of Evesham comprising:

  • No. 1 Nissen Hut with British memorabilia
  • No. 2 Nissen Hut, U.S. Army Hospital / Chapel
  • No. 3 Nissen Hut, Motor Pool & German Quarters
  • No. 4 Nissen Hut, open ended for various displays
  • No. 5 Nissen Hut, Barracks for Re-enactors
  • No. 6 Nissen Hut, (awaiting restoration)*
  • No. 7 Nissen Hut, (awaiting restoration)*
  • ARP Warden's portable armoured 'Consol' shelter
  • Anderson air raid shelter x2
  • Anti-tank cylinders x13*
  • Barb-wire entanglement
  • Guard hut
  • Hercules engine from a Stirling Bomber(on loan from Midland Warplane Museum)*
  • Home Front display with Morrison air raid shelter
  • Radio shack
  • Railway freight box/cars x3
  • Replica German pillbox
  • Searchlights 90cm x2
  • Sentry posts with barriers
  • Stanton air raid shelter
  • ‘The Cooler’ ex-British Waterways Diglis Locks WW2 guard-shelter
  • Wellington Bomber wing sections (on loan from Midland Warplane Museum)
  • All overlooked by the purposeful looking watch tower

 *New for 2010

+ Lots of other atmospheric memorabilia