About this museum
Morayvia at Kinloss is what happens when Nimrod people refuse to let the story end: a science-and-aerospace centre built around the maritime-patrol and search-and-rescue heritage of RAF Kinloss, with an access-all-areas approach — cockpits, cabins, a planetarium — and a volunteer corps thick with former aircrew who flew the exhibits in anger.
Nimrod XV244 (complete, and the crew who operated her sometimes give the tours) alongside a Sea King in RAF SAR yellow — the machine that defined Scottish mountain rescue for four decades.
- Nimrod MR.2 XV244, complete and crewed by its veterans
- Sea King HAR.3 in SAR yellow
- Whirlwind & Wessex
Weekends mainly; £8; families rave. Reviewers keep 'running out of time' because volunteers keep telling true stories. Budget accordingly.
“Out grandkids and I recently had a fantastic time at this hidden gem!”— Andy, 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-2 Red 14 | — | |
| Avro Vulcan B.2 XH563 (cockpit) | — | |
| BAC Jet Provost T.4 XS176 (cockpit - added October 2012) | — | |
| de Havilland Vampire T.11 XD425 (cockpit - added April 2013) | — | |
| English Electric Lightning F1.A XM169 | — | |
| Hawker Hunter F.5 WN957 | — | |
| Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 | XV244 | |
| Hawker Siddeley Nimrod XV240 (forward fuselage) | — | |
| Panavia Tornado GR.1 XZ630 | — | |
| SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3 XZ113 | — | |
| Vickers Valiant XD875 (cockpit) | — | |
| Westland Dragonfly HR.5 WP495/G-AJOV | — | |
| Westland Sea King HAR.3 XZ592 | — | |
| Westland Wessex HC.2 XR528 | — | |
| Westland Wessex HU.5 XT466 | — | |
| Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XJ723 | — |
Inventory researched 2026-07-18: source 1 · source 2. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- North Rd, Kinloss, Forres IV36 3YA
- Phone
- 01309 691916
- Website
- www.morayvia.org.uk/
- Hours
- Sat–Sun 11am–5pm (Mar–Oct)
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- SC-03 on the situation map