AP 118 · No. 10 Section I · Museums Field list · L5
Air Publication 118 · Field list

Museums with
open cockpits

Stations listing cockpit sections, nose sections or open-cockpit experiences in the gazetteer inventory.

43
Tagged
8
Free or donation
9
Regions

Stations listing cockpit sections, nose sections or open-cockpit experiences in the gazetteer inventory. 43 stations currently tagged.

Amenity tags last verified 2026-09-30. Facilities change — confirm on the museum website before travel.

How many UK aviation museums match this list?

43 museums are currently tagged for museums with open cockpits in the gazetteer amenity survey.

Which of these aviation museums are free?

6 have free adult admission: Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum, Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum, Royal Air Force Museum London, Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group, Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum, Manston. A further 2 museums ask for a donation.

What should visitors check before travelling?

Check whether cockpit access is included, separately ticketed or limited to event days; an aircraft containing a cockpit is not necessarily an invitation to climb into it.

List

Museums with open cockpits

MuseumCitySerialEntryAirframes
Airworld Aviation Museum Caernarfon WA-02 £7 10
Avro Heritage Museum Stockport NO-02 £9 14
Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar Westerham LD-02 £49 17
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Salisbury SW-03 £13.50 49
Bottisham Airfield Museum Cambridge EA-09 £6 4
Bournemouth Aviation Museum Christchurch SW-01 £10 29
City of Norwich Aviation Museum Norwich EA-08 £9 33
Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum Sleaford MI-14 Free 2
De Havilland Aircraft Museum St Albans LD-03 £12 35
East Midlands Aeropark Derby MI-07 £5 35
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum Farnborough SE-06 Free 16
Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovil SW-02 £21 97
Gatwick Aviation Museum Gatwick SE-02 £12.50 16
IWM Duxford Cambridge EA-01 £29 146
Jet Age Museum Gloucester SW-08 Donation 15
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Spilsby MI-04 £13.50 11
Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre Lincoln MI-08 £8 2
Midland Air Museum Coventry MI-02 £11 66
Morayvia Forres SC-03 £8 35
Newark Air Museum Newark MI-03 £12.50 95
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum Bungay EA-06 £10 65
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums Sunderland NO-06 £7.50 46
Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre Pembroke Dock WA-03 £7 1
RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre Warrington NO-08 Donation 1
RAF Manston History Museum Ramsgate SE-07 £7 22
Royal Air Force Museum London London LD-01 Free 88
Royal Air Force Museum Midlands Shifnal MI-01 Free 78
Runway Visitor Park, Manchester Airport Altrincham NO-03 £6–£15 5
Solent Sky Southampton SE-01 £14 23
Solway Aviation Museum Crosby on Eden NO-05 £8 21
South Wales Aviation Museum Barry WA-01 £10 73
South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Doncaster NO-07 £7.50 109
Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group Liverpool NO-10 Free 7
Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum, Manston Ramsgate SE-05 Free 3
Spitfire Visitor Centre, Hangar 42, Blackpool Blackpool NO-04 £12 6
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Chichester SE-03 £15 23
The Helicopter Museum Weston-super-Mare SW-04 £15 108
Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre Lincoln MI-10 £7 5
Trenchard Museum Aylesbury SE-13 By appointment 6
Ulster Aviation Society (Maze Long Kesh) Lisburn NI-01 By appointment 63
Vulcan Restoration Trust (XL426), Southend Southend-on-Sea EA-04 £10 1
Wings Aviation Museum Haywards Heath SE-08 £13 25
Yorkshire Air Museum York NO-01 £17 54

See also free museums, regional hubs, and the full gazetteer.