Dad's Army walking tours start at the Charles Burrell Museum in Minstergate then take in the many filming locations used around the Thetford town centre, the bronze statue of Captain Mainwaring, Jones's van (subject to availability) and end at the Museum. The total time to allow for the walking tour and museum visit is 2 / 2.5 hours a. Visit the shop to purchase gift vouchers for walking tours or click on the link to book tour places
Coach tours start from the museum and include a private visit to the museum with scone & cake. There are two sessions morning & afternoon with a break at lunch time.
Tickets on sale here (booking fee applies) for walking & coach tours..
Children 12 and under go free on walking tours but must have a ticket for the coach tours, there is no child rate.
Tickets for both tours need to be pre booked.
Tours 2026
Walking Tours (£15)
5th April, April 30th, June 7th, June 21st, July 12th,July 26th, August 9th, August 23rd, September 6th. September 27th , October 11th & October 25th.
Vintage Bus Tours (£50)
April 18th, September 12th, & October 17th
Coach Tour (Modern coach £45)
June 13th, 18th July & August 15th.
Tickets go on sale December 1st
The walking tour of the Thetford locations is available as self guided leaflet from the museum or from Thetford`s Great Information Centre in King Street. A copy of the leaflet is given on the escorted tours.
We also have a new audio tour that can be downloaded from the web
Click here for more information
The museum will be running coach tours of some of the out of town locations used in the filming. The tour is in 2 stages with the first leaving the museum at 10am.
The first stage of the tour (North) will feature Stanton Downham, Brandon, Lynford Hall, West Tofts, Red House, East Wretham and Thorpe camp. This part of the tour will leave the museum at 10am.The second stage of the tour (South) will include Ixworth, Bardwell, Sapiston and Honnington. This will be back at the museum by about 4pm.The tours will mention many other locations, stories about the show and local history. Included in the tour is tea/coffee and cake with a private viewing of the museum at the end of the tour.
For 2026 we are using 2 different bus.
3 tour will be on a modern bus supplied by local coach company Mulleys and 3 will be on a vintage bus from 1953
Details from Dad`s Army Vintage Bus Locations Tour 2026 at Dad`s Army Museum event tickets from TicketSource
The museum team have taken many groups on the walking tour of Thetford locations. The group pictured here were the first group to visit the statue in it`s new location.
If you would like details of our group tours please contact us.
