Free
- Exhibition
The Lucky Ones Grow Old
Photographic exhibition, 5 July to 30 November 2025
Standing with Giants: For Your Tomorrow
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Fully booked - there are no more tickets available for Standing With Giants.
We respectfully ask that you do not email or telephone to enquire about ticket availability or to amend existing bookings as we have no tickets available to facilitate these requests. Please see the FAQs below for more information.
Photo: ©Matt Scott-Joynt Photography
Standing with Giants
We have been overwhelmed by the response to For Your Tomorrow – The People’s Tribute by Standing With Giants. By the time the installation leaves Fort Nelson at the end of January we will have welcomed more than 80,000 visitors to the display. For many this has been a poignant opportunity to pay their respects to relatives and colleagues lost in both World Wars and subsequent conflicts.
Life-size silhouettes representing the 1,475 servicemen under British Command who gave their lives on D-Day and 50 French resistance fighters are displayed around the grounds of Fort Nelson in this powerful installation created by charity Standing with Giants.
Fort Nelson, overlooking Portsmouth, is a fitting location for the art installation.
The Royal Armouries stepped in to host the 'For Your Tomorrow - The People's Tribute' installation following a nation-wide appeal for a venue, to ensure it was on display in time for Remembrance Day, 80 years after the Second World War ended.
The installation has recently been on show at the British Normandy Memorial in France and its return to Portsmouth will be a symbolic homecoming for those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
More than 200,000 visitors saw the installation in Normandy this year, but this will be the first time the D-Day tribute has been on display on the south coast of England.
'For Your Tomorrow - A People's Tribute' is open to visitors until 25 January. Pre booking is essential as we are very busy due to the popularity of the installation.
Fully booked
There are no tickets available to book.
The final allocation of tickets has been booked and no more will be issued. We have worked hard and invested on site to ensure that more people can visit, however there is no way for us to add any more capacity.
The installation will not be extended beyond the closing date of Sunday 25 January 2026.
Cancellations - if tickets are cancelled they will become available to book. You will need to monitor the booking system yourself for any availability. We cannot search for tickets on your behalf.
Enquiries
Due to the high number of telephone and email enquiries we are receiving, we kindly request that you do not email or call us with special requests for tickets or to manage bookings as we have no additional ticket allocation to facilitate these requests. Any available tickets can be accessed via the booking link below.>
Managing bookings
We have included answers to the most frequently asked questions below.
FAQS
Due to the high number of telephone and email enquiries we are receiving, we kindly request that you do not email or call us with special requests for tickets or to manage bookings as we have no additional ticket allocation to facilitate these requests.
See information on managing your booking below including amendments, cancellations and adding more tickets.
There are no more tickets available to book.
The final allocation of tickets has been booked and no more will be issued. We have worked hard and invested on site to ensure that more people can visit, however there is no way for us to add any more capacity.
The installation will not be extended beyond the closing date of Sunday 25 January 2026.
Cancellations - if tickets are cancelled they will become available to book. You will need to monitor the booking system yourself for any availability. We cannot search for tickets on your behalf. You can check availability using the booking link below.
We are advising visitors not to travel to Fort Nelson without a pre-booked ticket during the period we have Standing with Giants onsite.
Visitor capacity, based on cancellations and no-shows, will be assessed daily in the afternoon. Any available tickets will be released on site on a first-come-first served basis after this time.
Available tickets based on cancellations are not guaranteed.
Having a pre-booked ticket is the only way to guarantee entry to Fort Nelson.
Cancellation
If you cannot attend please do cancel your tickets by clicking on Manage Tickets at the bottom of your confirmation email and following the process. When tickets are cancelled they go back into live availability for others to book.
Under Charity Law donations cannot be cancelled/refunded. Please contact our Development team for more information if required.
Change the date
You can transfer your tickets to another date if there is availability. Please see your booking confirmation email and follow the Manage Tickets link.
Adding more tickets
Tickets cannot be added to an existing order. You will need to make a new booking for the same date and arrival time, if there is availability.
Enquiries
Due to the high number of telephone and email enquiries we are receiving, we kindly request that you do not email or call us with special requests for tickets or to manage bookings as we have no additional ticket allocation to facilitate these requests.
All available tickets can be accessed via the booking link below.
Please check your tickets for your booked time slot e.g. 10am to 11am. If you arrive outside of the time indicated, you may need to wait for admission.
Fort Nelson opens at 10am and closes at 4pm.
Last admission is 3.30pm. Please take this into account if you have booked the 3pm - 4pm arrival time slot.
Closed Mondays during term time.
Open daily during school holidays.
Fort Nelson will be closed on 24, 25 and 26 December 2025. We will be open on New Year's Day.
For groups over 10 please email fnenquiries@armouries.org.uk
Please do not use this address for ticketing enquiries. We are unable to facilitate requests for tickets or to manage bookings. Please see Managing your booking above.
The 'Standing with Giants: For Your Tomorrow' display is installed throughout the site, including on the ramparts and in the moat, and can be seen from many vantage points around the Fort.
Many of the silhouettes stand on our large gravel-based parade ground. It is possible to move amongst these pieces and get up close.
There is access to this area for wheelchair users, though visitors using self-propelled wheelchairs to access this gravel area may need additional assistance.
Fort Nelson is a scheduled ancient monument with different surfaces and levels. There are steps of varying widths and heights, changing surfaces including paving stones, gravel, and grass. Some areas are therefore not accessible to wheelchair users or those with access needs.
Accessible toilet facilities are available in the visitor centre and Voice of the Guns gallery.
Parking costs £3 per vehicle – payable at reception.
Blue Badge spaces: There are a limited number of spaces offered on a first-come-first-served basis. If you have access requirements staff will be on hand in the car park to assist.
To protect the collection, pet animals are not allowed to visit Fort Nelson.
Assistance dogs are welcome at Fort Nelson, including in the museum galleries, visitor centre, café and outdoor areas, and we can provide water from our café.
We want as many people as possible to be able to visit this tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice so we are asking for your donation to help keep this a free experience. We have a suggested donation of £5 when booking tickets. If you are not able to donate or wish to donate a different amount the suggested amount can be changed.
Your free tickets give you general admission to the museum, any activities taking place and access to 'For Your Tomorrow - The People's Tribute'.
Under Charity Law donations cannot be refunded. Please contact our Development team for more information if required.
