About this museum
Woodford built the Lancaster, the Vulcan, the Nimrod and the 146, and when BAE closed the aerodrome the community kept the fire door open: the Avro Heritage Museum sits on the old flight-test site, staffed substantially by people who built the aeroplanes outside. Small museum; enormous story; the volunteer anecdotes are primary-source history.
Vulcan XM603 — the only all-white Vulcan on display anywhere, in original anti-flash nuclear livery — plus walk-in Lancaster and Nimrod cockpit sections and a Blue Steel missile.
- Vulcan B.2 XM603 in anti-flash white — the only one
- Lancaster & Nimrod cockpit sections
- Blue Steel stand-off missile
Vulcan and Lancaster cockpit tours are the ticket; book them. Cafe overlooks the Vulcan. Ex-Avro apprentices materialise beside you with stories; let them.
“Fabulous experience, very knowledgeable guides, amazing experience inside the Vulcan & Lancaster …”— Richard, 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Avro Anson XIX (cockpit) | G-AGPG | |
| Avro Lancaster B.I 'S for Sugar' (replica cockpit) | — | |
| Avro Type F – Replica | — | |
| Avro Vulcan B.2 (cockpit) | XM602 | |
| Avro Vulcan B.2 XM603 | — | |
| English Electric Canberra WK118 | — | |
| Hawker Siddeley 748 1756 | — | |
| Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 XV235 | — | |
| Roe I Triplane – Replica | — | |
| Vickers VC10 C1K XV106 – on loan | — |
Inventory researched 2026-07-18: source 1 · source 2 · source 3. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- Chester Rd, Woodford, Stockport SK7 1QS
- Phone
- 01625 877534
- Website
- www.avroheritagemuseum.co.uk/
- Hours
- Fri–Sun 10am–4pm
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- NO-02 on the situation map