AP 118 · No. 10 Section I · Museums Field list · L3
Air Publication 118 · Field list

Aviation museums
with parking

Collections where visitor parking is available on site or immediately adjacent.

112
Tagged
40
Free or donation
9
Regions

Collections where visitor parking is available on site or immediately adjacent. 112 stations currently tagged.

Amenity tags last verified 2026-09-30. Facilities change — confirm on the museum website before travel.

How many UK aviation museums match this list?

112 museums are currently tagged for aviation museums with parking in the gazetteer amenity survey.

Which of these aviation museums are free?

32 have free adult admission: 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Thorpe Abbotts, 306th Bombardment Group Museum, 493rd Debach Airfield Museum, 96th Bomb Group Museum, Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum, East Essex Aviation Museum, Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum, Fowlmere Airfield Museum, Halesworth Airfield Memorial Museum, Hardwick Airfield Museum, King's Cliffe Airfield Museum, North Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, Nuthampstead Airfield Museum, Parham Airfield Museum, RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre, RAF Witchford Collection, Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Museum, Robertsbridge Aviation Society, Rougham Control Tower Museum, Royal Air Force Museum London, Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, Runway Visitor Park, Manchester Airport, Seething Control Tower Museum, Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group, Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum, Manston, Sywell Aviation Museum, The 453rd Bombardment Group Museum, The Potteries Spitfire Gallery (RW388), The Red Feather Club 95th Bomb Group Museum, Ulster Aviation Society (Maze Long Kesh), Wethersfield Airfield Museum, Wight Aviation Museum. A further 8 museums ask for a donation.

What should visitors check before travelling?

Check event-day parking instructions, charges and overflow arrangements, especially when an airshow or engine run is on the programme.

List

Aviation museums with parking

MuseumCitySerialEntryAirframes
100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Thorpe Abbotts Diss EA-05 Free —
306th Bombardment Group Museum Bedford EA-21 Free —
493rd Debach Airfield Museum Woodbridge EA-15 Free —
96th Bomb Group Museum Norwich EA-32 Free —
Aerospace Bristol Bristol SW-05 £22 14
Airworld Aviation Museum Caernarfon WA-02 £7 10
Army Flying Museum Stockbridge SE-04 £21.50 43
Avro Heritage Museum Stockport NO-02 £9 14
Battle of Britain Bunker Uxbridge LD-05 £14 2
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight Visitors Centre Lincoln MI-06 £12.50 11
Bentwaters Cold War Museum Woodbridge EA-10 £7.50 9
Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar Westerham LD-02 £49 17
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Salisbury SW-03 £13.50 49
Bottisham Airfield Museum Cambridge EA-09 £6 4
Bournemouth Aviation Museum Christchurch SW-01 £10 29
Boxted Airfield Museum Colchester EA-26 Donation 1
British Phantom Group & Bristol Britannia XM496 (Kemble) Cirencester SW-11 Seasonal 5
Brooklands Museum Weybridge LD-04 £27.10 32
Carew Cheriton Control Tower Carew WA-04 £7 1
City of Norwich Aviation Museum Norwich EA-08 £10 33
Cornwall at War Museum, Davidstow Camelford SW-06 £7 8
Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum Sleaford MI-14 Free 2
De Havilland Aircraft Museum St Albans LD-03 £12 35
Dunkeswell Airfield Heritage Centre Honiton SW-10 Donation —
East Essex Aviation Museum Clacton-on-Sea EA-22 Free 1
East Midlands Aeropark Derby MI-07 £5 35
Eastchurch Aviation Museum Sheerness SE-14 £2 —
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum Farnborough SE-06 Free 16
Felixstowe Museum Felixstowe EA-19 £5 —
Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovil SW-02 £24 97
Fowlmere Airfield Museum Royston EA-33 Free —
Gatwick Aviation Museum Gatwick SE-02 £13.50 16
Halesworth Airfield Memorial Museum Halesworth EA-30 Free 2
Hardwick Airfield Museum Bungay EA-35 Free 2
Harrington Aviation Museum Northampton MI-15 £8 —
Hooton Park Hangars Ellesmere Port NO-09 £9 45
Hucknall Flight Test Museum Nottingham MI-21 By appointment 3
International Bomber Command Centre Lincoln MI-05 £12.50 —
IWM Duxford Cambridge EA-01 £26.80 146
Jet Age Museum Gloucester SW-08 Donation 15
Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust Folkestone SE-09 £12 8
King's Cliffe Airfield Museum Peterborough MI-20 Free —
Langham Dome Holt EA-11 £7 1
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum Ashford SE-16 £3 2
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Spilsby MI-04 £13.50 11
Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Ipswich EA-36 Donation —
Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre Lincoln MI-08 £8 2
Midland Air Museum Coventry MI-02 £11 66
Montrose Air Station Museum Montrose SC-02 £10 14
Morayvia Forres SC-03 £8 35
National Museum Of Flight North Berwick SC-01 £16 47
New Forest Airfields Heritage Centre (FONFA) Christchurch SW-12 £10 —
Newark Air Museum Newark MI-03 £12.50 95
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum Bungay EA-06 £10 65
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums Sunderland NO-06 £7.50 46
North Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Brigg MI-13 Free —
North Weald Airfield Museum Epping EA-20 £5 —
Nuthampstead Airfield Museum Royston EA-29 Free 1
Parham Airfield Museum Woodbridge EA-14 Free —
Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre Pembroke Dock WA-03 £7 1
Polish Bomber Squadrons Centre, RAF Ingham Gainsborough MI-12 £8 1
RAF Air Defence Radar Museum Norwich EA-07 £14 3
RAF Bircham Newton Heritage Centre Kings Lynn EA-37 Donation —
RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre Warrington NO-08 Donation 1
RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre Norwich EA-23 Free 5
RAF Defford Museum Worcester MI-11 £18 1
RAF Manston History Museum Ramsgate SE-07 £7 22
RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre Fakenham EA-24 £2.50 2
RAF Witchford Collection Ely EA-28 Free —
Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Museum Halstead EA-25 Free —
Robertsbridge Aviation Society Robertsbridge SE-18 Free 6
Rolls Royce Heritage Trust Derby MI-16 By appointment 1
Romney Marsh Wartime Collection Romney Marsh SE-10 £8 5
Rougham Control Tower Museum Bury Saint Edmunds EA-13 Free —
Royal Air Force Museum London London LD-01 Free 88
Royal Air Force Museum Midlands Shifnal MI-01 Free 78
Runway Visitor Park, Manchester Airport Altrincham NO-03 Free 5
Seething Control Tower Museum Norwich EA-31 Free —
Shoreham Aircraft Museum Sevenoaks SE-12 £5 1
Solent Sky Southampton SE-01 £14 23
Solway Aviation Museum Crosby on Eden NO-05 £8 21
South Wales Aviation Museum Barry WA-01 £12.50 73
South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Doncaster NO-07 £8.50 109
Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group Liverpool NO-10 Free 7
Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum, Manston Ramsgate SE-05 Free 3
Spitfire Visitor Centre, Hangar 42, Blackpool Blackpool NO-04 £12 6
Stoneykirk Aviation Museum Stranraer SC-04 £6 9
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome Chelmsford EA-03 £12 11
Suffolk Aviation Heritage Museum Ipswich EA-12 £5 5
Sywell Aviation Museum Northampton MI-09 Free 5
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Chichester SE-03 £15 23
The 453rd Bombardment Group Museum Attleborough EA-27 Free —
The Gliding Heritage Centre Alton SE-19 Donation 72
The Helicopter Museum Weston-super-Mare SW-04 £15 108
The Potteries Spitfire Gallery (RW388) Stoke-on-Trent MI-17 Free 1
The Red Feather Club 95th Bomb Group Museum Eye EA-16 Free —
The Shuttleworth Collection Biggleswade EA-02 £19.50 55
The Upottery Airfield Nissen Hut Heritage Centre Honiton SW-09 Donation —
The Vulcan Experience (XH558) Doncaster NO-11 £15 2
Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre Lincoln MI-10 £7 5
Trenchard Museum Aylesbury SE-13 By appointment 6
Twinwood Airfield: Glenn Miller Museum & Aviation Museum Bedford EA-18 £5 —
Ulster Aviation Society (Maze Long Kesh) Lisburn NI-01 Free 63
Upper Heyford Heritage Centre Bicester SE-15 £25 —
Vulcan Restoration Trust (XL426), Southend Southend-on-Sea EA-04 — 1
Wellesbourne Wartime Museum Warwick MI-19 — 3
Wellington Aviation Moreton-in-Marsh MI-18 £3.50 —
Welsh Spitfire Museum Haverfordwest WA-05 £2 1
Wethersfield Airfield Museum Braintree EA-34 Free —
Wight Aviation Museum Sandown SE-11 Free 2
Wings Aviation Museum Haywards Heath SE-08 £13 25
Yorkshire Air Museum York NO-01 £18 54

See also free museums, regional hubs, and the full gazetteer.