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Home / Reference / Museums / Transportation / Aviation / Europe / United Kingdom
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- Bournemouth Aviation Museum - The only UK Charitable Museum dedicated to preserving and presenting to the public operational examples of historic military jets via the museum and many UK airshows - including Farnborough. Located at Hangar 600, Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset.
www.aviation-museum.co.uk
- Brooklands Museum - The birthplace of British motorsport and aviation.
www.motor-software.co.uk/brooklands
- Carpetbagger and Northants Aviation Museums - These two small museums at the same location house memorabilia and history from several bombgroups flying from USAAF Station 179. Located in Northamptonshire.
www.skynet.co.uk/maurice/northants/ncarpet.htm
- Fleet Air Arm Museum - The site provides museum information, services details, and shows the layout of exhibits with listings of the aircraft in the large collection. Located at RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset (near Yeovil)
www.fleetairarm.com
- Front Line Aviation Museum - Display of aircraft, artefacts, uniforms and memorabilia from WW1 and WW2 in particular The Battle of Britain, The Blitz and The Home Front. Located at Sandown Airport, Sandown, Isle of Wight.
www.wight.co.uk/directories/tourist/data/8.html
- Gatwick Aviation Museum - Information and photographs of many aircrafts, crews, and engines. Located in Charlwood (near Gatewick).
www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/index.html
- Harrington Aviation Museums - Official site of the Carpetbagger Aviation Museum and the Northants Aviation Society Museum. These two small museums at the same location house memorabilia and history from several bombgroups flying from USAAF Station 179. Located in Northamptonshire.
www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk
- Imperial War Museum: Duxford - Duxford - Europe's top aviation museum has a superb collection of historic aircraft. Duxford is not only THE centre for historic aviation but also the site of thrilling air shows.
www.iwm.org.uk/duxford.htm
- Kirriemuir Aviation Museum - This is a private collection of WWII Royal Air Force memorabilia. Located south of Kirriemuir town centre, Angus, Scotland.
www.carnoustie.org/visit/mus6.htm
- Midland Air Museum - A basic site describing the museum and its offerings. Located at Coventry Airport
www.discover.co.uk/~mam
- Montrose Air Station Museum - Site has some interesting photos and some background on the first operating air station. Located in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/AirspeedNews/index.html
- Museum of Berkshire Aviation - A fascinating collection of aircraft and photographs recalling Berkshire's Aviation Heritage. Located in Woodley, (near Reading) Berkshire.
www.bigwig.net/museumofberkshireaviation
- Newark (Notts & Lincs) Air Museum - The museum's official website provides regular updates of activities at the UK's largest volunteer managed aviation museum, which now houses 54 aircraft and cockpit sections. Located at the Winthorpe Airfield, Newark, Nottingham.
www.newarkairmuseum.co.uk
- North East Aircraft Museum - A rich site with many photos and much information about the museum and its collection. Located in Sunderland, North East England
members.tripod.com/~BDaugherty/neam.html
- North East Aircraft Museum - A rich site with many photos and much information about the museum and its collection. Located in Sunderland, North East England
www.neam.co.uk
- North Weald Airfield Museum - Information about the museum and the airfield which has been in continuous operation since 1916. Located in Nerth Weald, Essex (near Epping).
www.removablemedia.com/northweald
- North-West Aviation Heritage Museum - The fastest growing aviation enthusiast group in the North-West of England and North Wales, and has recently completed a Dragon Rapide replica. NAHM is based at the former RAF airfield at Hooton Park on the Wirral, Cheshire.
www.northwestaviation.org.uk
- Norwich Aviation Museum - The City of Norwich Aviation Museum offers visitors a nostalgic look at the aeronautical History of Norwich and Norfolk.
www.mth.uea.ac.uk/~h720/aviation/conam.html
- RAF Manston History Museum Association - The official site of the RAF Manston History Museum which presents some details of the museum, aircraft, exhibits, and displays that illustrate the history of a famous and historic airfield. Located adjacent to London-Manston Airport near Ramsgate, Kent.
www.raf-manston.fsnet.co.uk
- RAF Museum- Cosford - This twenty-five-acre site in beautiful Shropshire is home to one of the most exciting collections of aviation history in the world.
cosford.rafmuseum.com/flash
- RAF Museum- Hendon - Collection information, schedule, and virtual tour of the Royal Air Force Museum, Britain's national museum of aviation. Located on Grahame Park Way, Hendon (North London).
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/IndexHendon.cfm
- Science Museum - FLIGHT - An excellent site with good aviation history information and photos of the museum's aircraft and engine collection. Located in South Kensington, London.
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/exhibitions.asp#
- Shuttleworth Collection - The site describes the Trust and illustrates some of the collection. One of the great aircraft and car collections of the world, which is famous for its regular flying displays. Located at Old Warden Park in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
www.shuttleworth.org
- Solway Aviation Museum - Operated by volunteers from the Solway Aviation Society. The society owns nine significant aircraft - the most prominent of which is an Avro Vulcan bomber. Located at Carlisle Airport, Carlisle, Cumbria.
www.solway-aviation-museum.org.uk
- Southampton Hall of Aviation - Presents the history of flight in the south of England covering 26 aircraft companies and their many milestones and records. Located in Southampton, Hampshire. (Some web browsers may have difficulty)
www.spitfireonline.co.uk
- Tangmere Military Aviation Museum - The Museum houses a unique collection of exhibits relating to this famous "Battle of Britain" airfield, and aviation in general. WW11 fighter aces, Douglas Bader, "Johnnie" Johnson and Neville Duke are celebrated here. Located near the former airfield three miles east of Chichester, West Sussex.
www.tangmere-museum.org.uk
- Thameside Aviation Museum - An interasting website featuring aviation history and the archeology of over thirty downed WW II aircraft. Located in East Tilbury, Essex.
www.aviationmuseum.co.uk
- The Fighter Collection - An excellent website for the large collection of airworthy WWII aircraft based at Duxford, UK.
www.avnet.co.uk:80/tfc
- Wellington Aviation Museum - A nice site for a small museum reflecting the history of RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, a wartime bomber training station for the Vickers Wellington. Over 220 pages of images and memories. Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
www.wellingtonaviation.org
- Yorkshire Air Museum - The official site of the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, York, England
www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk
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