Retail Outlets for The Poppy Umbrella

This is a list of the shops and online shops which sell The Poppy Umbrella as a popular gift item and fundraising product. These shops trade on behalf of registered charities working for ex-Service and welfare organizations, military and history museums in the United Kingdom and on the WW1 and WW2 battlefields of France and Belgium, military Remembrance associations and not-for-profit organizations.

The retail outlets and/or their online shops selling The Poppy Umbrella are listed here. Other commercial companies which actively support Service and ex-Service organizations from sales of The Poppy Umbrella are listed also listed.

It is advisable to check with an outlet that the style of Poppy Umbrella you would like to purchase from the shop is available to purchase before you make a special journey.

United Kingdom
Australia
Belgium
France

Poppy Umbrella Retailers in the United Kingdom

Award Productions

Retail location: Online mail order

An online shop with a large range of gifts and the largest supplier of military commemoratives. Award Productions provides a mounting and framing service for commemorative and Service medals. Award Productions is a supporter of a number of Service and ex-Service charities including The Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes. Award Productions stocks the telescopic and golf Poppy Umbrellas.

Address: Award Productions, PO Box 300, Shrewsbury SY5 6WP

Telephone: 01952 510053

Email: info@awardmedals.com

Website: www.awardmedals.com

Dover Castle Secret Wartime Tunnels (English Heritage Site)

Retail location: Dover in East Kent and online mail order (telescopic Minlite style only)

The Secret Wartime Tunnel museum shop has a WWII theme. The telescopic Poppy Umbrella is on sale at this shop. Visitor information about the Secret Wartime Tunnels is available on the website link below.

Address: Dover Castle, Castle Hill, Dover, Kent CT16 1HU

Telephone (Dover Castle Site): 01304 211 067

Telephone (English Heritage Customer Services): 0870 333 1181

Website (Dover Castle Secret Wartime Tunnels): www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/dover-castle/wartime-tunnels

National Army Museum

Retail location: Chelsea, London SW3 (telescopic Minilite and standard Roma styles)

The gift shop at the (free) National Army Museum stocks The Poppy Umbrella. Gift items on sale in the shop include souvenirs of the museum, books, DVDs, clothing, toys and model kits. Proceeds from the shop sales support the National Army Museum.

Address: National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT

Telephone (shop): 020 7881 6600

Museum information line: 020 7881 6606

Email (shop): shop@nam.ac.uk

Website (museum): www.nam.ac.uk

Website (shop): shop.national-army-museum.ac.uk

National Memorial Arboretum Gift Shop (Staffordshire)

Retail location: Alrewas, near Lichfield in Staffordshire (all Poppy Umbrella styles)

Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum

The National Memorial Arboretum is part of The Royal British Legion family. It is the United Kingdom's centre of Remembrance. The National Memorial Arboretum is run by staff and volunteers. The National Arboretum Company Limited is a Registered Charity No. 1043992.

The gift shop sells a range of cards and gifts including the telescopic, standard and golf styles of The Poppy Umbrella. All proceeds from sales in the gift shop are given to support the charity.

Address: National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire DE13 7AR

Telephone: 01283 792333

Email: info@thenma.org.uk

Website: www.thenma.org.uk

Royal British Legion “Poppy Shop”

Retail location: online mail order (telescopic Minilte, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

Buying from the Royal British Legion “Poppy Shop” helps to fund the work of The Royal British Legion (Registered Charity No. 219279). The Poppy Shop is operated by The Royal British Legion Trading Ltd. All profits from sales go directly to the work carried out by the Royal British Legion in its welfare support for the Armed Forces.

The Poppy Shop sells a variety of poppy gift products, ceremonial items, cards and stationery, badges and flags.

Order Enquiries

Address: Poppy Shop, Adamsway, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4FL

Email: PoppyOrders@britishlegion.org.uk

General Enquiries

Address: Poppy Shop, Adamsway, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4FL

Email: PoppyShop@britishlegion.org.uk

Telephone: 0300 123 9110

Website: Poppy Shop online catalogue at www.poppyshop.org.uk

Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S.) Wisley Gardens Gift Shop (Surrey)

Retail location: RHS Wisley Gardens near Byfleet in Surrey (telescopic Minilite & transparent Birdcage styles)

The RHS is a Registered Charity No. 222879/SC038262. The RHS Gift Shop at Wisley stocks the telescopic and transparent styles of the Poppy Umbrella.

Address: RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6QB

Telephone: 01483 211750

Email: info@rhs.org.uk

Website: www.rhs.org.uk

Royal Hospital Chelsea Gift Shop (London & Online Catalogue)

Retail location: Chelsea in London and online mail order (telescopic Minilite, transparent Birdcage, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

Musem shop at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London

The Royal Hospital Chelsea Appeal Ltd. is a Registered Charity No. 1076414. All proceeds from funds raised by sales from the museum shop go to the welfare work carried out by The Royal Hospital Chelsea Appeal Ltd. for the ex-Service in-pensioners accommodated at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Launched at the Royal Hospital Chelsea stand at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1998, the Poppy Umbrella saw sales of over 2,000 umbrellas in three days. All proceeds went to The Royal Hospital. The Poppy Umbrella continues to be a popular gift item at the Royal Hospital stand during the annual Chelsea Flower Show.

Address: The Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea, London SW3 4SR

Telephone: (switchboard - ask for the shop) 020 7881 5200

Email: info@chelsea-pensioners.org.uk

Website: www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk

Online Shop: shop.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/cats.php

The Strawberry Fox

Retail location: Salisbury in Wiltshire (telescopic Minilite, transparent Birdcage, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

The shop is located in the centre of Salisbury, Wiltshire. The Strawberry Fox makes donations to a selected military related charity from sales of the Poppy Umbrella.

Address: 14 Cross Keys Chequer, Queen Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 1EL

Telephone: 01722-331 414

Email: Via Contact Form on the website at thestrawberryfox.com

Website: thestrawberryfox.co.uk

The Union Jack Club

Retail location: Waterloo in London (telescopic Minilite style only)

The Union Jack Club is a private club for all serving and ex-service personnel below Commissioned rank of Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

Address: The Union Jack Club, Sandell Street, London, SE1 8UJ

Telephone: 020 7902 6000 (24hr Switchboard)

Website: www.ujclub.co.uk

The Wardrobe: The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum Shop

Retail location: Salisbury in Wiltshire (telescopic Minilite style only)

The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum is owned by the The Rifles Wardrobe and Museum Trust, Registered Charity No 272051. The museum and its shop are located in the famous Close of Salisbury Cathedral. For opening hours or to check availability of stock (telescopic style only) contact the museum via the details below.

Address: The Wardrobe, 58 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2EX

Telephone: 01722-419 419

Fax: 01722-421 626

Email: curator@thewardrobe.org.uk

Website: www.thewardrobe.org.uk

Poppy Umbrella Retailers in Australia

Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Retail location: Canberra ACT and online mail order (telescopic Minilite, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

Poppy Umbrellas are available to purchase from the museum shop and the museum's online shop:

Website (museum online shop): www.awm.gov.au

Family and Friends of the First AIF Inc. (FFFAIF)

Retail location: online mail order (telescopic Minilite, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

The Poppy Umbrella is available to members and non-members of FFFAIF. All proceeds go towards research, projects and ceremonial attendances carried out by FFFAIF in the commemoration of the part played by Australian Servicemen and women in the First World War.

The FFFAIF Secretary can be contacted regarding purchases of The Poppy Umbrella within Australia by the following email:

Email: secretary@fffaif.org.au

Website: www.fffaif.org.au

Poppy Umbrella Retailers in Belgium

Ariane Hotel**** (Ypres/Ieper)

Retail location: Ypres in West Flanders (telescopic Minilite, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

The Ariane Hotel donates to The Royal British Legion Ypres Branch from gift items sold items at the front of house desk.

Address: Slachthuisstraat 58, 8900 Ieper, Belgium

Telephone: +32 (0)57 218 218

Email: info@ariane.be

Website: www.ariane.be

In Flanders Fields Museum Shop & Visitor Centre for Ypres (Ieper)

Retail location: Ypres in West Flanders (telescopic Minilite, transparent Birdcage, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

In Flanders Fields and Visitor Centre in the Cloth Hall at Ypres

The idea for The Poppy Umbrella was conceived as Lt Col Graham Parker passed the famous Cloth Hall in Ypres on a wet Armistice Day in 1995. Located inside the Cloth Hall, the gift shop for both the award-winning In Flanders Fields museum and the Visitor Centre for Ypres is a popular destination for visitors to Ypres. The Poppy Umbrella is one of a range of poppy-related gift items available from the shop. Proceeds from the well-stocked museum shop help to fund the work of the museum and its archive.

Address: Lakenhallen, Grote Markt 34, 8900 Ieper, Belgium

Telephone: +32 (0)57 239 450

Email: flandersfields@ieper.be

Website: www.inflandersfields.be

Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917

Retail location: Zonnebeke in West Flanders (telescopic Minilite, transparent Birdcage, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Ieperstraat 5, 8980 Zonnebeke, Belgium

Telephone: +32 (0) 51 77 04 41

Fax: +32 (0) 51 78 07 50

Email: info@passchendaele.be

Web: www.passchendaele.be

Talbot House (Toc H), Poperinge

The Upper Room at Talbot House (Toc H) in Poperinge, Belgium

Retail location: Poperinge in West Flanders (telescopic Minilite, transparent Birdcage, standard Roma styles)

Talbot House (Toc H) is a "living" museum in Poperinge, used by British soldiers from December 1915 to the end of the war as a place for relaxation and rest behind the lines. The Poppy Umbrella is sold in the gift shop to help support the work of the museum.

Address: Talbot House Association, Gasthuistraat 43, B-8970 Poperinge, Belgium

Telephone +32 (0)57 33 32 28

Fax +32 (0)57 33 21 83

Email: info@talbothouse.be

Website: www.talbothouse.be

Poppy Umbrella Retailers in France

Thiepval Visitor Centre, Thiepval (WW1 Somme battlefield)

Shop and reception at the Thiepval Visitor Centre on the Somme battlefields.

Retail location: Thiepval in Département Somme (telescopic Minilite, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

The Thiepval Visitor Centre has a well-stocked shop with a wide range of quality books, cards, maps and souvenir items associated with visits and study of the First World War battlefields. The Thiepval Visitor Centre is managed by the Historial de la Grande Guerre museum on behalf of the Conseil Général de la Somme.

Address: Rue de l’ancre, 80300 Thiepval, France

Telephone: +33 (0)3.22.74.60.47

Email: thiepval@historial.org

Website: www.historial.org (Centre d'accueuil de Thiepval)

Historial de la Grande Guerre Musée 14-18 (Péronne)

Historial de la Grande Guerre Museum, Peronne

Retail location: Péronne in Département Somme (telescopic Minilite, standard Roma, golf Sheffield Sports styles)

The internationally renowned First World War museum has a well-stocked shop with books, maps, cards and many items associated with visits to the Western Front and the study of the war of 1914-1918.

Address: Château de Péronne, BP 20063, 80201 Péronne cedex, France

Telephone: +33 (0)3.22.83.14.18

Email: info@historial.org

Website: www.historial.org

Juno Beach Visitor Centre (Normandy)

Retail location: Courseulles-sur-Mer in Normandy (telescopic Minilite and standard Roma styles)

Juno Beach Visitor Centre is a WW2 museum and cultural centre situated on the Normandy beaches, scene of the Canadian landings on D-Day, 6^th June 1944. The beach landing site is a national historic site for Canada. The Juno Beach Centre is a non-profit organization and is the only Canadian museum in Normandy. The Centre focuses on the involvement of Canadian military personnel and civilians in the Second World War on the battlefields and on the home front.

Address: Juno Beach Centre, Voie des Français Libres, BP 104, 14470 Courseulles-sur-Mer, France

Telephone: +33 (0)2.31.37.32.17

Email: contact@junobeach.org

Website: www.junobeach.org