Aerospace Bristol — Concorde Alpha Foxtrot at Filton

Aerospace Bristol normally opens daily, 10am to 4.30pm, with last entry an hour before closing and adult tickets around £20 — and the ticket is usually an annual pass, so you can return within twelve months. Days and prices move seasonally and the museum occasionally closes for events, so confirm on the official Aerospace Bristol site before you travel.

The reason most people search for the Bristol aerospace museum is Concorde 216, G-BOAF, "Alpha Foxtrot" — the very last Concorde built and the one that flew the final Concorde flight, home to Filton, in November 2003. She sits in a purpose-built hangar beside the runway she first flew from, and you can walk beneath and through her rather than just past a rope.

This is the Concorde museum in Bristol: there is no other airframe here, but there is only one last-of-the-line Concorde anywhere, and this is it.

Beyond Concorde, the museum tells the story of the Bristol Aeroplane Company across more than a century on this site — from the 1910 Boxkite and the First World War Bristol Fighter to the vast Brabazon airliner, the Bristol Freighter and the Bloodhound missile. Filton built aircraft, engines and, later, Concorde's wings and nose, and the collection is arranged to walk you through that arc.

Aerospace Bristol is on the former Filton aerodrome at Hayes Way, Patchway, Bristol BS34 5BZ, just off the A38 north of the city with free on-site parking. It is a short drive from the M4/M5 interchange and reachable by bus from Bristol city centre and Bristol Parkway station.