About this museum
Aerospace Bristol tells the Filton story — Boxkites to Blenheims to Brabazon to BAC — in a Grade II listed WWI hangar, and then walks you into a purpose-built cathedral containing Concorde 216. Bristol built these wings; the workforce lined the runway when she came home. It is the rare museum where the industrial history is as compelling as the machines, Bristol having at various points manufactured aircraft, engines, missiles, cars and prefab bathrooms with equal conviction.
Concorde G-BOAF, the last Concorde ever built and the last ever to fly (26 November 2003, into Filton, forever). You can board her. People go quiet.
- Concorde 216 G-BOAF — the last ever to fly
- Bristol Bolingbroke (licence-built Blenheim)
- Sea Harrier FA.2
- Bristol Sycamore & Scout
The guided tours (sometimes one-on-one on quiet weekdays, per delighted reviewers) are excellent; allow 3–4 hours. Kids' interactives are genuinely good rather than tokenistic.
“Really lovely museum, and it was great getting to see Concorde”— K, visitor report
Airframe checklist
Tick them off as you go. Identities are as held in the gazetteer survey — verify against the museum’s own labels if something has moved.
| Type | Identity | |
|---|---|---|
| Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 216 | G-BOAF | |
| BAe Sea Harrier FA.2 | ZD610 | |
| Bristol Bolingbroke IVT | 9048 | |
| Bristol Scout replica | — | |
| Bristol Sycamore HR.14 | XL824 | |
| Westland Scout AH.1 | — |
Inventory researched 2026-07-18: source 1 · source 2. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- Hayes Way, Patchway, Bristol BS34 5BZ
- Phone
- 0117 931 5315
- Website
- www.aerospacebristol.org/
- Hours
- Daily 10am–4.30pm
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- SW-05 on the situation map