Poppy Breaks

We have four Poppy Break Centres for those who are recovering from an illness, bereavement or other life affecting events. The aim is to provide a comfortable and enjoyable Break.

We also provide two additional services, introduced in 2008, for Family Holidays & Adventure Breaks for young people.

Poppy Break Centres

Those eligible for a Poppy Break are serving or ex-Service men or women or their dependants who are in genuine need of a break.

Our 4 Poppy Break Centres are located in prime locations around the country. Click here for a map of their locations.

Catchment details for each centre are:

Alderson House
North East & Midlands, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Cambridgeshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Durham, Scotland*

Bennet House
Northern Ireland, Irish Republic & Scotland

Byng House
North West, West Midlands, North Wales, Cumbria, Cheshire, North Staffordshire, North Shropshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Isle of Man, Ceredigion, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Anglesey, Montgomeryshire, Meirionnydd, Scotland

Somerset Legion House
South Western, South Eastern, Metropolitan, West Midlands, South Wales, Bedfordshire, Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hereford, Worcester, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, South Staffordshire, Brecon & Radnor, Carmarthen, Pembroke, Rhondda & Pontypridd, Vale of Glamorgan, West Glamorgan, Gwent