The Royal Air Force
Air Defence Radar Museum

Forty airmen and airwomen were billeted at a local village and training began in this radical early warning system. 

After the war the station was established as a Sector Operations Centre and continued to be used until 1993. 

In October 1994 the original operations building which housed the old equipment was converted into the Air Defence Radar Museum.  

The museum traces the history and development of Air Defence Radar since its invention in 1935. 

The rest of the RAF base remains 'Operational'

See the history and development of Detection, Air Intelligence Photography, Air Defence Radar and Air Battle Management from the 1930's to the modern computer technology of today.

The end of the cold war means that the secret world of air defence is open to public scrutiny. Thousands of item's of memorabilia, accessible photo albums showing the pictorial history of RAF Neatishead, all on public display.

NEWS - We our proud to have won the 2007 Gold Award for  "Best Small Visitor Attraction" in England in the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2007.