Moving South we visit the Wheels of Time sites in the Weald of Kent:
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum is on a World War II advanced landing ground used by Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943 with Spitfires and the United States 9th Air Force in 1944 with P51 Mustangs. Exhibits include one of only six Fieseler FI103 R-4 Reichenbergs, a Fa 330 Rotorkite, a working Link Trainer, a civilians at war display.
Cranbrook Museum on three floors of a delightful Grade ll listed 15th century timber-framed building, showing aspects of Cranbrook and district’s past social, industrial, rural and family life.
Cranbrook Union Windmill climb the 7 flights of stairs and learn how windmills work, and how they have been generating energy for over 1,000 years. On the way up stop to check the view from the Miller’s “Reefing Stage” which surrounds the Windmill
Tenterden and District Museum: The Museum is housed in a two storey weather boarded building. It is one of the last of its kind in Tenterden, representing of a type of industrial building common in the area in the latter part of the 19th century. Inside, you can explore the industrial, agricultural and social history of the town and its surrounding area.
Woodchurch Village Life Museum: Housed in an eighteenth century oak-framed barn and seventeenth century cart shed, the Woodchurch Village Life Museum collection is extremely varied and traces the story of the settlement from its earliest beginnings right up to the present day. Find out what life was like at school during the reign of Queen Victoria, discover more about hops and hop-picking, see how a huge American airbase was constructed on the edge of the village in time for D-Day, understand why food was rationed during the Second World War.
