Military Museums & Memorials

Apsley House - Apsley House was where the Duke of Wellington lived after his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, and is filled with his war memorabilia

Bletchley Park - Bletchley Park was a top-secret facility where Alan Turing worked to crack the German Enigma codes during the darkest days of World War II

Cenotaph - The Cenotaph stands in the centre of Whitehall and is the focus of the Remembrance Day Parade when veterans march past and salute

Ceremony of the Keys - The Yeoman Warders have kept up this ceremony for 700 years. You can watch them lock up the Tower of London gates every night

Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace - This popular parade takes place on Buckingham Palace’s forecourt with marching bands and shouting sergeants

Changing the Guard at Horse Guards - Watch the Household Cavalry change-over at Horse Guards parade ground and outside the boxes on Whitehall

Chatham Dockyard - This historic dockyard has lots of boats you can walk around: a 19th-century sloop, a World War II destroyer and even a cold war submarine

Churchill War Rooms - The bunker underneath Whitehall where Churchill directed the war still looks exactly the same as VE day when they closed it

Dismounting Ceremony (4 O'Clock Parade) - Every day at 4 o’clock the Household Cavalry leave their horse-boxes on Whitehall to return back to the barracks

Guards’ Museum - Learn the history of the Foot Guards regiments: the Coldstream Guards, Grenadier Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards

HMS Belfast - This Second World War cruiser moored next to Tower Bridge allows you to explore all the decks, including the bridge, mess and missile room

Household Cavalry Museum - The highlight of this museum is a window into the stable where they groom the horses of the Household Cavalry

Imperial War Museum - This museum tells the story of the army from the early days of the British Empire right up to our modern-day wars

National Army Museum - The National Army Museum focuses on the land forces of the British military from the English Civil War up to World War II and beyond

National Maritime Museum - Greenwich has had a long association with the sea, and the National Maritime Museum tells the story of the British navy

RAF Museum - The RAF Museum has more planes than an airport – you can see everything from a Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber to a colossal Vulcan bomber

Remembrance Day Parade - The Remembrance Day Parade is a chance for the country to honour the fallen soldiers of all Commonwealth wars

State Opening of Parliament - The Household Cavalry leads the Queen to Parliament so she can read the government’s program for the coming year

Tower of London - This World Heritage Site is famous for the Crown Jewels, Traitor’s Gate, the grisly executions on Tower Green, and the Norman White Tower

Trooping the Colour - This annual parade is held to celebrate the Queen’s birthday with military bands, marching soldiers and a flypast over the palace’s balcony

Wellington Barracks - This barracks on the northern edge of St. James’s Park is home to the Scots Guards, Grenadier Guards and Coldstream Guards