About this museum
Also known as / searched as: Robertsbridge Aviation Museum · Robertsbridge Aviation Society Museum
Robertsbridge Aviation Society — a village-hall-sized museum of recovered WWII relics and six jet cockpit sections, curated with archaeological seriousness. Open days only, free.
Listed inventory: 6 airframes.
Open days only — check before travelling.
“Best kept secret in east Sussex.”— jeff, visitor report
What the Robertsbridge Aviation Society museum holds
The Robertsbridge Aviation Society has been digging, recovering and conserving crashed aircraft in the Sussex and Kent countryside for decades, and the museum is where that work ends up: excavated wreckage identified down to the part number, personal effects, engines, and a run of jet nose sections you can stand alongside.
The cockpit collection is the surprise — Gloster Meteor T.7 WA630, Canberra PR.3 WE173, Hawker Hunter F.2 WN907, de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 XJ488, English Electric Lightning F.3 XP701 and Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XR681. For a volunteer-run museum on a village scale, that is an unusually strong line-up of Cold War front ends, and visitor ratings reflect it.
Open days, free entry and where to find it
The museum is at Bush Barn, Silver Hill, Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5PA, and entry is free. It opens on society open days rather than to a weekly timetable, so check the published dates before travelling — this is a small volunteer operation and turning up unannounced usually means a locked barn.
Frequently asked
Where is the Robertsbridge Aviation Society museum?
At Bush Barn, Silver Hill, Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5PA.
When is Robertsbridge Aviation Society open?
On advertised open days only, not to a regular weekly schedule. Check the society website for the current dates before you travel.
How much does it cost?
Entry is free — donations support the recovery and conservation work.
What can you see at Robertsbridge Aviation Society?
Recovered WWII crash-site material and six jet cockpit sections: Meteor T.7, Canberra PR.3, Hunter F.2, Sea Vixen FAW.1, Lightning F.3 and Jet Provost T.4.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 nose | XJ488 | |
| English Electric Canberra PR.3 nose | WE173 | |
| English Electric Lightning F.3 nose | XP701 | |
| Gloster Meteor T.7 nose | WA630 | |
| Hawker Hunter F.2 nose | WN907 | |
| Hunting Jet Provost T.4 nose | XR681 |
Inventory last verified 2026-07-18: source 1 · source 2. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- Bush Barn, Silver Hill, Robertsbridge TN32 5PA
- Phone
- 01304 239711
- Website
- www.robertsbridgeaviationsociety.com/
- Gazetteer
- SE-18 on the situation map