{"id":11981,"date":"2017-07-10T21:19:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=11981"},"modified":"2025-03-22T20:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T18:20:39","slug":"bradwell-bay-military-science-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/bradwell-bay-military-science-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradwell Bay Military &#038; Science Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Bradwell Bay Military &amp; Science Museum<\/strong> was located in <strong>Eastland Meadows Country Park<\/strong> in <strong>Bradwell-on-Sea<\/strong>, Essex. Opened in 2017, the museum was founded by James Harvard, a history enthusiast and caravan park owner. It housed a variety of military and aviation exhibits, including notable aircraft like a <strong>SEPECAT<\/strong> Jaguar and a <strong>Westland Lynx<\/strong>. The collection was particularly focused on British military aviation, showcasing aircraft and other artifacts from different periods\u200b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, in 2018, the museum closed after its owner, James Harvard, was convicted and jailed for possessing illegal firearms. As a result, the museum&#8217;s future became uncertain, and it appears to have remained <strong>closed<\/strong> since that time.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/bradwell-bay-military-science-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bradwell Bay Military &amp; Science Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"x-el x-el-span x-pri-def x-f-pri-fam x-f-sz-md x-d-ux\" data-ux=\"Element\"> Eastland Meadows Country Park<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"x-el x-el-span x-pri-def x-f-pri-fam x-f-sz-md x-d-ux\" data-ux=\"Element\">East End Road, Bradwell-on-Sea<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"x-el x-el-span x-pri-def x-f-pri-fam x-f-sz-md x-d-ux\" data-ux=\"Element\">Southminster, Essex CM0 7PP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/30\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d157729.89216773814!2d0.7804650256205636!3d51.73042863822389!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47d919b03af5431d%3A0xc45faba29afb03ad!2sBradwell+on+Sea%2C+Southminster+CM0+7PP%2C+Verenigd+Koninkrijk!5e0!3m2!1snl!2snl!4v1499713751288\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>XX146\/GT<p><\/p>\n<p>ZD266\/673<\/p><\/td><td>SEPECAT Jaguar T.4<p><\/p>\n<p>Westland Lynx HMA8SRU<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bradwell Bay Military &amp; Science Museum was located in Eastland Meadows Country Park in Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex. Opened in 2017, the museum was founded by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11981","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11981"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35069,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11981\/revisions\/35069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}