{"id":391852,"date":"2025-09-02T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/391852\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:10:11","slug":"uxbridge-centre-celebrates-85th-anniversary-of-battle-of-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/391852\/","title":{"rendered":"Uxbridge centre celebrates 85th anniversary of Battle of Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Activities at the Battle of Britain Bunker Exhibition and Visitor Centre will range from a dedicated Speaker Series\u00a0 of historical talks and\u00a0themed\u00a0tours to a performance by the RAF Northolt Central Band,\u00a0a\u00a0wreath-laying\u00a0ceremony\u00a0and a\u00a0new\u00a0pop-up exhibition.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On Friday, September 12,\u00a0the exhibition will launch at a special Museum Late event \u2013 a rare opportunity to visit the centre \u2018after hours\u2019\u00a0and see\u00a0the\u00a0collection,\u00a0which includes\u00a0objects on public display for the first time.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Across that\u00a0weekend,\u00a0there is\u00a0a packed programme for families and history-lovers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There are\u00a0Pipsqueaks story sessions for young children,\u00a0a\u00a0Battle of Britain Experience tour with actors helping\u00a0to\u00a0tell\u00a0the story,\u00a0an\u00a0inter-active performance from Freshwater Theatre,\u00a0while the bunker\u2019s Generator House will open to the public for\u00a0the second time.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On Monday, September 15, visitors are invited to pay their respects during a wreath-laying ceremony at the bunker\u2019s memorial\u00a0from 11am.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On Thursday, September 25, the\u00a0Ensemble of the Central Band will\u00a0perform a free concert, but booking is essential.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Entry to most events and activities is\u202fincluded in the price of a bunker tour or visitor centre ticket. \u202f\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Visit\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2ftracking.hillingdoncouncil.vuelio.uk.com%2ftracking%2fclick%3fd%3d_h1Natyi3ySgC6e9giPot9FOU-xYJGyIA55J-CZn29XpGK5jxjzt7E5s9KqCK08MY7B3r75zHiICLK0OFpxZeawJp1Fypw6kjqF53fz00YmN8fV4Xq8G_DL1giMnVgNW3Fk3A513oaHE6ieprXO5UJfNPLmMkOfWMM-weQMIza0l0&amp;c=E,1,GSqWH3KVrZkDIcrVH9MiTyQUn6dUjVuMWNXfk_OOLrGMyVs6WMbB5rINFfO0csO9_BZd99n2WwL6csZqzAWWX_lryFRGy3whRK7Zg2yXCYYX5g,,&amp;typo=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2ftracking.hillingdoncouncil.vuelio.uk.com%2ftracking%2fclick%3fd%3d_h1Natyi3ySgC6e9giPot9FOU-xYJGyIA55J-CZn29XpGK5jxjzt7E5s9KqCK08MY7B3r75zHiICLK0OFpxZeawJp1Fypw6kjqF53fz00YmN8fV4Xq8G_DL1giMnVgNW3Fk3A513o\" target=\"_blank\">discover.hillingdon.gov.uk\/battle-of-britain-85<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Activities at the Battle of Britain Bunker Exhibition and Visitor Centre will range from a dedicated Speaker Series\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-391852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115134636741745701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}