ISLAND FARM OPEN WEEKEND - APRIL 2025

The Hut 9 Preservation Group is happy to announce that our next open weekend will take place on:

SATURDAY 5th APRIL & SUNDAY 6th APRIL 2025.

Important booking Information:

• This event is STRONGLY NOT RECOMMENDED for:
  • Children under 5 years of age.
  • Anybody who is sensitive to loud bangs or noises. 
  • Anybody with mobility issues - Please email (bookings@islandfarm.wales) if you wish to discuss.
    
    
• Strictly no dogs allowed, except those considered for disability support.
• Entry to our event is only permitted with a valid ticket per person.
• Unfortunately, all tickets are non refundable after 23:59hrs 29th March 2025  - 7 days before the event.

Event information:

• Parking - We have no on site parking available, so visitors are requested to use kerb side parking at Technology Drive, CF31 3NA and then walk to our Visitor Centre. Depending on ability, this is a ten minute walk, so please allow adequate time to arrive at the time shown on your ticket.
  
  

  

  • On arrival you will be asked to give your booking name to our receptionist.
  • You will then be able to view exhibitions in the grounds of our Visitor Centre and our displays inside.
  • Promptly on the hour, a 40 minute presentation will commence from Brett Exton, who is the historian of the camp and hosts the website: www.islandfarm.wales
  • After the talk has ended you can then walk from our Visitor Centre to the Hut 9 compound which is a one minute walk.
  • There are no time constraints once at the Hut.
    The final approach to the Hut compound may be slightly muddy, depending on the weather, so please wear appropriate footwear.
    

  The Hut Compound:

  • When you reach the Hut compound you will be met by our sentry guard and will be escorted inside the Hut.
    Please note that the paint on the walls inside the hut is flaking in many places so please wear appropriate clothing.
  • Whilst inside, you will have the opportunity to meet many living historians. We have worked hard over recent years to kit out each room as it might have looked during the Second World War.
  • Outside the Hut we have several WWII displays and there will also be a number of military vehicles for you to see.
  • Our cafe (NAAFI) will sell refreshments and snacks.
  • A gift shop will sell Island Farm souvenirs.
  • Whilst the taking of photographs is permitted, if you intend sharing them with a wider audience due acknowledgement should be given to the Hut 9 Preservation Group who have worked so hard to provide you with the material for your photographs.
  • Toilets are available outside the Hut compound.

  If you have any queries about the event or your tickets then please feel free to contact me via: bookings@islandfarm.wales
  
  However, please check and keep an eye on your junk / spam folder.

  We look forward to seeing you at Hut 9 !

  Regards,

  The Hut 9 Preservation Group
  Registered Charity No: 1198068

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