About this museum
Also known as / searched as: Helicopter Museum Weston · Helicopter Museum Weston-super-Mare · The Helicopter Museum Weston · Weston Helicopter Museum
The world's largest dedicated rotorcraft collection: over a hundred helicopters and autogyros packed into a hangar on the edge of Weston-super-Mare, from tandem-rotor heavies to machines that look like garden furniture with ambition. It is gloriously specific — the aviation-museum equivalent of a single-malt bar — and the volunteer guides can explain why a helicopter is basically ten thousand parts flying in loose formation.
Listed inventory: 108 airframes.
- G-LYNX — absolute world speed record, 249.09 mph
- The Queen’s Royal Flight Wessex
- Mil Mi-24 Hind gunship
- Bristol Belvedere twin-rotor heavy
G-LYNX, the modified Westland Lynx that took the absolute helicopter world speed record (249.09 mph) in 1986 and holds it still; parked near the Queen's own red Wessex from the Royal Flight.
Tickets give free return for a year. Cafe earns unusually specific praise (the bacon-content-of-bap metric is strong). Open-cockpit days let you into the airframes.
- “If you love Helicopter this is the place for you, they have quite a collection. All well displayed and fully labeled. Cafe had simple fayre, well priced and usual ice cream etc will add some photos later. We went to a wartime event there, entertaining. Wonderful volunteers.”— Anna Enright
- “We had a great time looking at all the helicopters / intereractive exhibits. A RAF Veteran Paul was brilliant there spent lots of time talking to us about a helicopter and his years of experience. We thought he was fantastic and made our day.”— Tom M
Public map reports · excerpted for reference · not reviews collected by this gazetteer
The collection in profile
16 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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Sycamore HR.14
Sycamore HR.14
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Mil Mi-24 ‘Hind’
Mi-24D ‘Hind-D’
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Avro Rota I
Rota I
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Westland Dragonfly
Dragonfly HR.5
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Westland Whirlwind
Whirlwind HAR.10
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Saunders-Roe Skeeter
Skeeter AOP.12
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Bell 47 Sioux
Sioux AH.1
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Slingsby Tutor
Slingsby T.31B Tandem Tutor (RAF Cadet TX.3)
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Westland Wasp
Wasp HAS.1
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Bristol Belvedere HC.1
Belvedere HC.1
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Westland Sea King
Sea King HAR.3
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Westland Lynx
Lynx HAS.3 (GMS)
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Aérospatiale Gazelle
Gazelle HCC.4
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Westland/Aérospatiale Puma HC.1
Puma HC.1
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Bell UH-1H Iroquois
UH-1H
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Kaman HH-43 Huskie
HH-43B Huskie
The site in 3D
Every building and outdoor airframe, modelled from aerial and ground photographs. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom · open full screen
Frequently asked
What are the opening times for The Helicopter Museum?
Wed–Sun 10am–4.30pm. Verify current opening times with the museum before travelling.
How much does The Helicopter Museum cost?
Adult admission is listed as £15. Check the museum's current prices before travelling.
Which aircraft can you see at The Helicopter Museum?
The listed collection includes Aerospatiale AS332L Super Puma (G-TIGE), Aerospatiale SA365N Dauphin 2 (F-WQAP), Aerospatiale/Westland Gazelle AH.1 cockpit section (ZB686), Agusta A109A (GdiF) (MM81205), Agusta-Bell 47G-3B1 Sioux AH.1 (XT190). Aircraft move between displays, so confirm current holdings before travelling.
Does The Helicopter Museum have parking or a cafe?
Parking is recorded on site; a 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.
Show all 108 airframes
Inventory last verified 2026-10-08: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4 · source 5 · source 6. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- Locking Moor Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS24 8PP
- Phone
- 01934 635227
- Website
- helimuseum.com/
- Hours
- Wed–Sun 10am–4.30pm
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- SW-04 · South West England · the situation map