Muckleburgh Collection
| The Muckleburgh Collection | |
| Military Museum | |
Hawker Harrier on display at the museum
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| Country | England |
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| State | United Kingdom |
| Region | East of England |
| District | Norfolk |
| Location | On the A149 coast road near Weybourne, Norfolk, United Kingdom |
| - coordinates | 52°56′42″N 1°07′50″E / 52.944925°N 1.130662°ECoordinates: 52°56′42″N 1°07′50″E / 52.944925°N 1.130662°E |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Visitation | Full access. Accessible Toilets. (Opening times April to October, 10 am to 5 pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday,) |
 Muckleburgh Collection within Norfolk
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| Website: Muckleburgh Collection | |
The Muckleburgh Collection is a military museum sited on a former military camp at Weybourne, on the North Norfolk coast, England. See its Virtual Tour. It was opened to the public in 1988 and is the largest privately owned military museum in the United Kingdom.
The museum is located on the site of the World War 2 and post-war Weybourne Anti Aircraft Training Camp. Weybourne Camp is north west of the coastal village of Weybourne. The site, originally called Carvel Farm, was first used in 1935 by the Anti–Aircraft Division of the Territorial Army as a summer training camp. In 1937 and as a result of the growing threat of war, it was decided to make the camp permanent and more fixed structures and defences were erected.
During World War 2, the camp was surrounded by a perimeter anti-tank ditch and defended by a system of gun emplacements and barbed wire. The interior of the camp consisted of groups of Nissen huts, barracks and other military buildings. The cliff top to the north was covered by a line of heavy anti-aircraft guns and batteries, slit trenches and pillboxes. In 1941, the camp was visited by Winston Churchill, to view a demonstration of the Unrotated Projectile anti–aircraft weapon.
As the war progressed, defences at Weybourne Camp became more complex and were altered regularly and significantly and a grass airstrip was laid out, which remains in use.
After the war, the camp became known as the AA permanent Range and Radar Training Wing and gunnery training continued until 1958. The site still has a RAF radar receiving station and is the location of the University of East Anglia Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory and a Metrological Station.
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