FlyPast 03.2018

8 FLYPAST MUSEUM GUIDE 2018

UK MUSEUMS GUIDE

RAF WITCHFORD AND MEPAL
D IS PL AY
This memorabilia collection covers both
Witchford and nearby RAF Mepal, both wartime
Bomber Command bases.

Location and contact info
Address Grovemere House, Lancaster Way Business Park,
Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 3NW
Website http://www.rafwitchfordandmepal.co.uk

Admission info
Times See website
Prices Free

CHESHIRE

AVRO HERITAGE MUSEUM
The museum dedicated to Avro’s history

• located, of course, at the famous
  manufacturer’s former factory airfield – has
  made significant strides since opening in late
  2015 with the creation of new exhibitions and
  unveiling of more aircraft.

Location and contact info
Address Woodford Aerodrome, Chester Road, Woodford,
Stockport SK7 1AG (satnav SK7 1QR)
Telephone 016 25 877534
Website avroheritagemuseum.co.uk

Admission info
Times British Summer Time – Friday-Sunday 10.00-
17.00hrs
Greenwich Mean Time – Friday-Sunday 10.00-
16.00hrs
Prices Adults £8, over 60s £6, children (5-16) £4,
under 5s free, family (two adults and two
children) £22

Aircraft exhibits
Avro Lancaster I (nose) ‘R5868’ S
Avro Vulcan B2 XM603 S
Avro Vulcan B2 (nose) XM602 S
Avro XIX Series 2 (nose) G-AGPG S
BAC VC10 C1K (nose) XV106 S
English Electric Canberra TT18 (nose) WK118 S
Hawker Siddeley HS748 Srs2A (nose) G-ORAL S
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 (nose) XV2 35 S

BURTONWOOD HERITAGE CENTRE
Commemorating this huge former US military
base, used – among other things – as an 8th Air
Force depot and a USAF maintenance facility.

Location and contact info
Address Gulliver’s World, Warrington WA5 9YZ
Telephone 07 890 135461
Website http://www.rafburtonwoodheritagecentre.co.uk

Admission info
Times As part of Gulliver’s theme park entry –
Wednesday-Sunday 10.30-15.00hrs
Non-park entry – Wednesday-Sunday 15.00-
17.00hrs
Prices Free

Aircraft exhibits
Douglas DC-4 (nose) N313 56 S

HACK GREEN SECRET NUCLEAR

BUNKER

A fascinating historical site relating to the nation’s

Cold War defences.

Location and contact info

Address French Lane, near Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8AL

Telephone 012 70 629219

Website http://www.hackgreen.co.uk

Admission info

Times British Summer Time – daily 10.00-17.00hrs

Greenwich Mean Time – Wednesday-Sunday

10.00-16.00hrs

Prices Adults £9.25, disabled people and carers £7,

children (5-16) £6, under 5s and disabled children

free

Aircraft exhibits

BAC Jet Provost T4 XS17 9 S

HOOTON PARK TRUST

Sixteen airframes are kept in the historic airfield

buildings at Hooton Park, which are benefiting from

several recent and ongoing funding injections.

Location and contact info

Address The Hangars, Airfield Way, Hooton Park Airfield,

Ellesmere Port CH65 1BQ

Telephone 01 51 327 3565

Website http://www.hootonparktrust.co.uk

Admission info

Times By appointment only – contact the trust for

details; free site tour at 13.00hrs on last Sunday

of every month except December

Prices Voluntary donations

Aircraft exhibits

Auster J/1N Alpha G-AJEB S

de Havilland Vampire T11 XD62 4 R

de Havilland Canada Chipmunk 22 G-AOUO S

de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10 – R

Easy Riser – ST (D)

Fairey Gannet T2 (cockpit simulator) (BAPC 309) R

Gloster Meteor T7 WH132 S

Hawker Hunter FGA9 (nose) XE584 S

McBroom hang glider (BAPC 204) ST

Mignet HM14 Pou-du-Ciel (replica) (BAPC 201) C

Miles Gemini 7 G-AKHZ ST (D)

Miles Messenger 2A G-AHUI R

Miles Wing 100A Gulp – ST (D)

Parker CA4 Parasol G-AFIU R

Slingsby T8 Tutor BGA 466 S

Slingsby T8 Tutor BGA 473/G-ALPU R

TORNADO HERITAGE CENTRE

This facility salutes the Panavia Tornado. The F3

on display was previously held by Manchester’s

Museum of Science and Industry, and stored at

Wroughton.

Location and contact info

Address Unit 14, Aviation Park, Hawarden Airfield, Chester

Telephone 07 583 308698

Admission info

Times Second, third and fourth Saturday and Sunday of

each month; tours at 10.00, 12.15 and 14.30hrs

Prices Adults £5, senior citizens/students £3.50,

children (over 8) £2, under 8s free

Aircraft exhibits

Panavia Tornado F3 ZE966 S

CORNWALL

CORNWALL AVIATION HERITAGE

CENTRE

At this volunteer-run museum on the old RAF

St Mawgan HAS (hardened aircraft shelter) site,

many of the aircraft are accessible for visitors to

sit in.

Location and contact info

Address HAS 3, Aerohub 2, St Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall

TR8 4JN

Telephone 016 37 861962

Website http://www.cornwallaviationhc.co.uk

Admission info

Times To be confirmed for 2018; see website for

details

Prices Adults £10.50, concessions £8, children £6, family

£26

Aircraft exhibits

BAC Jet Provost T4 (nose) XP642 S

BAC One-Eleven 539GL ZH76 3 S

BAC VC10 K3 ZA14 8 S

Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri G-MCXV S

de Havilland Sea Devon C20 XK895/G-SDEV S

de Havilland Venom FB50 (nose) J-164 9 S

English Electric Canberra T4 ‘VN799’ S

English Electric Lightning F53 ZF580 R

Evans VP-2 G-BTSC S

Everett Gyroplane Srs1 G-ULPS S

Hawker Hunter GA11 WV256 S

Hawker Hunter T8C WT72 2 S

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 XV7 53 S

Monnett Sonerai 1 G-BJBM S

Stern ST80 G-BWVI S

Vickers Varsity T1 WJ9 45 S

DAVIDSTOW AIRFIELD AND

CORNWALL AT WAR MUSEUM

Dedicated primarily to the wartime history of RAF

Davidstow Moor, this museum also covers all the

other airfields along the North Cornwall coast,

and military activities including those of the army

and navy based in the area.

Location and contact info

Address Nottles Park, Davidstow, Camelford, Cornwall

PL32 9YF

Telephone 07 799 194918

Website http://www.cornwallatwarmuseum.co.uk

Admission info

Times Specific days only, 10.00-17.00hrs – see website

Prices Adults £6, senior citizens £5, children (6-16) £4,

under 6s free, family (two adults and up to three

children) £15

Aircraft exhibits

de Havilland Vampire T11 (nose) XK62 7 S

Fairey Gannet (cockpit simulator) - S

Fairey Gannet ECM6 XG8 31 R

Hawker Hunter F6 XG164 S

Northrop Chukar - S

Northrop Chukar - S

Northrop Shelduck D1 - S