Military Museums & Memorials

Apsley House 4 - 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 6 - 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 6 - 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 6 - 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 10 - This popular parade takes place on Buckingham Palace’s forecourt with marching bands and shouting sergeants

Changing the Guard at Horse Guards 6 - 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 6 - 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) 7 - Every day at 4 o’clock the Household Cavalry leave their horse-boxes on Whitehall to return back to the barracks

Guards’ Museum 2 - Learn the history of the Foot Guards regiments: the Coldstream Guards, Grenadier Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards

HMS Belfast 6 - 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 3 - The highlight of this museum is a window into the stable where they groom the horses of the Household Cavalry

Imperial War Museum 10 - 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 4 - 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 3 - Greenwich has had a long association with the sea, and the National Maritime Museum tells the story of the British navy

RAF Museum 6 - 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 30 - The Remembrance Day Parade is a chance for the country to honour the fallen soldiers of all Commonwealth wars

State Opening of Parliament 5 - The Household Cavalry leads the Queen to Parliament so she can read the government’s program for the coming year

Tower of London 13 - 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 4 - 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 1 - This barracks on the northern edge of St. James’s Park is home to the Scots Guards, Grenadier Guards and Coldstream Guards