Find out more about Coleshill’s unique wartime history, complete with re-enactors, displays, pop-up museum and plenty of 1940s themed activities.

During the Second World War Coleshill was home to a secret band of underground fighters, the Auxiliary Units, who in case of invasion would have disappeared into underground hideaways, to re-emerge under the cover of darkness to cause mayhem behind enemy lines.

During the weekend there will be a chance to find out more about the Auxiliary Units, including a chance to visit a replica secret ‘Operational Base’ the underground hideaway that would have been home to an Auxiliary Unit patrol. There will also be a chance to see some of the surviving traces from the wartime occupation of Coleshill.

There will also be a chance to see what life on the Home Front in Coleshill would have been like during the 1940s, as well as children’s activities and a self-led walk to give you a chance to see some of the wartime sites from across the wider estate.

Advanced booking recommended for a speedy entry to the event.

£6 – £30