{"id":554370,"date":"2026-04-28T03:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/554370\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:11:14","slug":"heritage-centre-at-former-raf-base-set-to-undergo-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/554370\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage centre at former RAF base set to undergo works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  RAF West Raynham had previously served as a major operational site during the Second World War and Cold War.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It closed down in 1994 and the station headquarters was left abandoned for a number of years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The building, which was on the verge of becoming derelict, has since been renovated by Veterans Central, which has spent nearly 45,000 hours since March 2023 restoring the site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The charity is now looking to undertake further works by installing three new disability access ramps.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The building is set to undergo further works (Image: Veterans Central)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  These would be located outside the front, eastern, and western doors, which is said to &#8220;vastly improve disabled access and safe egress from the building&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  No impact on future accessibility to the building by able bodied individuals is expected, nor any negative impacts on the surrounding area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The centre features an onsite museum to the Canberra Aircraft, an extensive reference library, caf\u00e9, and event room.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Visitors can also discover a variety of military and emergency heritage displays, as well as both a wildlife, sensory, therapy and memorial gardens.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk\/news\/25844214.missile-raf-base-near-fakenham-first-time-35-years\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Bloodhound missile also recently made its return to the base<\/a> after 35 years, with the surface-to-air system arriving in February.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A Bloodhound missile recently returned to the base after 35 years (Image: Veterans Central)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A statement from the charity said: &#8220;This facility has already provided a centralised location for all local communities, special interest groups, veterans youth organisations and charities to operate from.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The building has so much history attached which many of the local residents are very familiar with and there is a high and growing level of emotional attachment and desire to see such a building with so much fantastic potential not deteriorate further and go to rack and ruin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We continue to aspire to make this iconic building an overwhelmingly positive asset to the local area and communities.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Plans for the works were approved by North Norfolk District Council in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RAF West Raynham had previously served as a major operational site during the Second World War and Cold&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-554370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}