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Lowestoft Schools Wartime Evacuation Panels

Main Concourse, Lowestoft Central Railway Station, Denmark Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EG

  • Multiple dates available
  • In person
  • Pre-booking not required

Find out more about the Lowestoft Schools Evacuation of June 1940 by viewing these special panels at the Railway Station where over 3000 schoolchildren departed from.

In June 1940 several thousand children and their teachers were evacuated away from the threat of wartime bombing and invasion to safety in communities in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Trace where your relatives may have been evacuated to. Features some great memories of evacuation day and features details of Glossop where over 500 were found a place of safety.

Timings & Tours

Friday 06 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Saturday 07 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Sunday 08 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Monday 09 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Tuesday 10 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Wednesday 11 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Thursday 12 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Friday 13 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Saturday 14 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Sunday 15 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily

Location & directions

Main Concourse, Lowestoft Central Railway Station, Denmark Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EG

Contact on day:
[email protected]
Telephone number:
+447889707531

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking not required

Additional information

Est. tour duration:
0 hour(s) 30 minute(s)

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