Group visits and Walks

Group Visits

Adult Groups

We offer guided tours of the Heritage and Military Centre for adult groups. These include a beverage and biscuits and a 60 to 90 minute guided tour of the exhibits by our experts and an exploration of the outside of the Magazine. The minimum group size is 10, maximum 30.

£5 per person (includes tea and biscuits)

Scouts, Guides and Cadets

We offer guided tours of the Heritage and Military Centre for young persons groups. These include a 60 to 90 minute guided tour of the exhibits by our experts including hands on experience with some of our artefacts. The minimum group size is 10, maximum 30.

£3 per person

School Groups

For schools we offer a tailored visit to the Heritage and Military Centre to either see the whole exhibition or to explore a particular part of the history curriculum with hands on access to historical artefacts. The maximum group size is one class group (around 30).

£3 per pupil

Walks and Tours

We currently offer various walks and tours of Purfleet-on-Thames starting from the Heritage Centre.
The Heritage Walk explores the landmarks of the town, Long Reach and remnants of the Garrison. We also offer a Ghost and Folklore Walk four times a year exploring the ghoulish side of the town including it's links with Dracula. Both these must be pre-booked.

£5 adults, £3 under 16s

Upcoming Dates

Saturday 15th November 2025, 5pm: This will be the last Ghost and Folklore Walk of 2025.

Sunday 23rd November 2025, 10.30am: RSPB Rainham Marshes Military Walk. Note that this event is being run as part of our partnership with the RSPB and needs to be booked through them at their website.

Heritage Walks can be run any Wednesday, Thursday or Sunday when we are open provided there are sufficient numbers.
We also cater for organised groups on other days of the week provided these are pre-booked and have sufficient numbers. School, Scouting, Cadets, U3A and other adult groups welcome.