About this museum
RAF Manston's history museum spans 1916 RNAS days to Cold War Meteors, with strong 1940s room-sets — and it sits next door to the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum for an easy double.
Listed inventory: 22 airframes.
Cafe's all-day breakfast is repeatedly endorsed by reviewers with conviction.
- “Fab place. Slightly ramshackle but full of stuff to see. Shout out to Adam who very enthusiastically showed me round my Dad's old aircraft which made me very proud. So much to see that a return trip is needed. Tea and cake in the Naafi was very good.”— Nick Taylor
Public map reports · excerpted for reference · not reviews collected by this gazetteer
The collection in profile
12 types held here that we have drawn and built in 3D. Choose one to turn it over, or see all 127 in The Hangar.
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Auster AOP.6
Auster AOP.6
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Meteor
Meteor F.8
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Canberra
Canberra B.2
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Vulcan
Vulcan B.2
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Victor
Victor K.2
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Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
T-33A Shooting Star
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Chipmunk
DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
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Slingsby Tutor
Slingsby T.31B Tandem Tutor (RAF Cadet TX.3)
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Lightning
Lightning F.6
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Buccaneer
Buccaneer S.2
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Jaguar
Jaguar GR.1A
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Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Nimrod MR.2
Frequently asked
How much does RAF Manston History Museum cost?
Adult admission is listed as £7. Check the museum's current prices before travelling.
Which aircraft can you see at RAF Manston History Museum?
The listed collection includes Avro Vulcan B.1 nose (XA893), English Electric Lightning F.6 (XR770), SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3A (XZ106), Westland Wessex HU.5 (XS482), Canadair CT-133 Silver Star (G-BYOY). Aircraft move between displays, so confirm current holdings before travelling.
Does RAF Manston History Museum have parking or a cafe?
Parking is recorded on site; no cafe or restaurant is recorded. Check current facilities with the museum before travelling.
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 | |
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| Armstrong Whitworth Meteor TT.20 | WD646 | |
| Avro Vulcan B.1 nose | XA893 | |
| Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B | XV864 | |
| Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B nose | XV352 | |
| Canadair CT-133 Silver Star | G-BYOY | |
| de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 | WP772 | |
| English Electric Canberra nose | WT205 | |
| English Electric Lightning F.6 | XR770 | |
| English Electric P.1B | XA847 | |
| Gloster Meteor T.7 (under restoration) | WH166 | |
| Handley Page Victor K.2 nose | XL190 | |
| Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 nose | XV229 | |
| Huntair Pathfinder 2 | — | |
| Hunting Jet Provost T.4 | XR658 | |
| Panavia Tornado GR.1 nose | ZA325 | |
| Pitts Model 12 | SE-XZS | |
| PZL TS-11 Iskra | G-BXVZ | |
| SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3A | XZ106 | |
| Slingsby Cadet TX.3 | XA312 | |
| Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 | XA231 | |
| Taylorcraft Auster V | RT486 | |
| Westland Wessex HU.5 | XS482 |
Inventory last verified 2026-10-08: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- Manston Rd, Ramsgate CT12 5DF
- Phone
- 01843 825224
- Website
- rafmanston.co.uk/
- Gazetteer
- SE-07 · South East England · the situation map