26 june wartime weekend

Buckler's Hard Wartime Weekend

Sunday 14 June 2026
10:00 to 17:00

Organisations & Exhibitors:

Friends of the New Forest Airfields (FONFA)

Solent Sky Museum

HMS Medusa (step aboard this WW2 vessel)

Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team (D-Day re-enactments on the river)

Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART)

The Lumberjills (Joanna Foat)

Exbury AA Gunsite Group

East Boldre Village Hall (the trustees of the WW1 building will be selling RAF Lymington runway sections to raise funds)

Air Raid Precautions team from Wimborne

The Military Heritage Museum (with Lepe D-Day Heritage)

Plus several people with their private collections on display.  Plus several re-enactors

Wartime themed theatrical show:

Wartime themed theatrical show by Drift Theatre : We’ll meet again: A day to remember

 Vehicles:

Various Jeeps, trucks, and vehicles from WW2, lined up on the High Street looking down towards the Beaulieu River. These belong to many kind owners, who you can meet and talk to on the weekend, who will show you about their vehicles and equipment, and tell you the stories about them.

 WW2 Exhibition:

Beaulieu River at War Exhibition (in Shipyard Gallery in village)

Contains 20 panels with photos and text which tell the story of the estate and river in wartime. There’s also a 10 minute film of archive footage of local wartime activity.  Plus, cabinets with artefacts.

https://bucklershard.co.uk/event/wartime-weekend/

If you use Facebook, here’s the event link:
www.facebook.com/events/861717932850047

Location
Buckler's Hard
SO42 7XB
(view map)
Cost Free event, parking charges apply