[1] In 1937 and as a result of the growing threat of war, it was decided to make the camp permanent and more fixed structures and defences were erected.

During the Second World War, the camp was surrounded by a perimeter anti-tank ditch and defended by a system of gun emplacements and barbed wire.

The cliff top to the north was covered by a line of heavy anti-aircraft guns and batteries, slit trenches and pillboxes.

[1] As the war progressed, defences at Weybourne Camp became more complex and were altered regularly and significantly and a grass airstrip was laid out, which remains in use.

At the time of the museum's opening in 1988, the principal display consisted of 30 vehicles and a small room describing the camp history.