The Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum — Attraction in Newark and Sherwood

Amazing museum on the first floor of the coach house at Thoresby Hall. Information boards guide you through the formation, conflicts and reorganisations of the regiments, including putting them into an historical context. My teenage son and I spent a couple of hours engrossed in the exhibits. Many larger museums could learn a thing or two about presenting information from here. We'd have loved to have learnt more about how the Conqueror tank fits into the regiments' stories, but I'm sure this will come in time.

Thoroughly recommended if you have any interest in military history. And it's free (other than a donations box, which it...

This extremy interesting museum tells over three hundred years of history of three cavalry regiments with links to Nottinghamshire. There are excellent information boards for the numerous exhibits of swords, pistols, uniforms, medals and many other fascinating items including the bugle used during the charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. Incredible! There is a well stocked shop and the friendly volunteers are happy to answer any questions. All in the lovely setting of Thoresby...

Free access ,manned by volunteers. In a lovely quaint courtyard setting with a café, & several 'crafty' oriented shops. Nice area to walk nearby. Despite being on level 2, the museum has a disability lift available. A very detailed, well laid out fairly complete visual history,up to the present day deployments. incorporating more than just 17th & 21 at Lancers histories/amalgamation. Well...