Half Price Family Tickets to Eden Camp

This voucher entitles 2 adults and up to 3 children to entry to Eden Camp Modern History Museum.

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Eden Camp Modern History Museum is a family owned and run business that started over 30 years ago. Originally a prisoner of war camp, it was built on an agricultural plot on the outskirts of Malton in early 1942, by a small contingent of army personnel who had travelled from Castle Douglas, Scotland.

The camp’s location on Eden House Road earned it the name ‘Eden Camp’ and its first residents, 250 Italian prisoners were escorted from Oldham and marched through Malton to their new home. Once settled, they began work on constructing a larger and more permanent camp.

At its peak, Eden Camp’s 45 huts were supplemented by a large area of tented accommodation and could house around 1200 prisoners at any one time. The Italian prisoners gave way to German POW in the summer of 1944, with the successful Allied invasion of Normandy. The German prisoners, like the Italians before them, were mainly put to work locally in agriculture and they lived in the huts at Eden Camp until 1948, when they were finally released, 3 years after the war had ended.

It is these original huts that were purchased by Stan Johnson in 1985. In 1985, local businessman Stan Johnson discovered that P.W. Work Camp 83 was still generally intact and that thirty-five of the original huts were in roughly the same condition as when the last of the 1,200 inmates left for the ‘Fatherland’ in 1948. Mr Johnson bought the site and initially invested £750,000 to create, within the original Camp, the world’s only Modern History Theme Museum.

The huts have been re-equipped to tell the story of The People’s War, the social history of life in Britain from 1939 to 1945. So many Museums simply display exhibits in cabinets and are dull affairs, but not Eden Camp. Realistic tableaux, with moving figures, authentic sounds and smells have been created to “transport you back in time”.

Each hut covers a different aspect of the war, starting with the rise of the Nazi Party, Hitler and The Outbreak of War. Other topics include: Rationing, the Utility Scheme, ‘Save It’ Campaigns, Evacuees, Propaganda, Home Guard, Home Front, The Blitz, Air Raid and Gas Precautions, Animals at War, The Street at War, Women at War, The Land Army and Timber Girls, The Munition Factories, The Observer Corps, The Auxiliary Fire Service, The WVS, The Red Cross, Civil Defence, The Rescue Services, The Bevin Boys, etc.

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How to Redeem

• Purchase your voucher here BUY DISCOUNTED TICKET NOW
• Next Visit https://edencamp.digitickets.co.uk/tickets and place 1 family ticket “Family 2 + 3” In your basket and go to “select your session”
• Select your chosen date for visit in line with the validity dates of this voucher terms and conditions and click the “book” button
• Continue to your cart and on the right-hand side enter your full voucher code into the area named Coupon code which will validate your Eden Camp family ticket
• Go to checkout and enter your details to complete your booking
• Please note, do not copy and paste the code into the Eden Camp ticket system as this will not validate the code – you MUST type the code into the ticketing system manually.

Terms & Conditions

• This voucher entitles you to admission for one day for a family of four (2 adults and up to 3 children aged 5-16 inclusively, children under the age of 5 are free of charge).
• This voucher is NOT valid for the Living History Weekend on 23rd and 24th August 2025 or the Back to the 1940s weekend event on the 11th and 12th October 2025.
• This voucher is valid for one use up to 2nd November 2025.
• Check opening times on the website before you visit
• Vouchers must be pre-booked online – see ‘how to redeem’ for details.
• No change to be given.
• Voucher is non–transferable.
• Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount.
• Voucher cannot be exchanged for cash alternative.
• Voucher is not applicable on bank holiday weekends – please refer to edencamp.co.uk for further information.
• Purchase and use of voucher does not guarantee parking.