Prices are adult admission from the gazetteer survey; opening times change by season, so check each museum page before travelling. County from the museum's postcode.
Every museum in Kent
| Museum | Adult entry | Airframes | Headline exhibit |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAF Manston History MuseumRamsgate, Kent | £7 | 22 | 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… |
| Kent Battle of Britain Museum TrustFolkestone, Kent | £12 | 8 | Hawkinge is hallowed turf: the closest fighter station to France in 1940, now the Kent Battle of Britain Museum with the world's largest… |
| Romney Marsh Wartime CollectionRomney Marsh, Kent | £8 | 5 | The Romney Marsh Wartime Collection at Brenzett: a former Women's Land Army hostel stuffed with locally dug aircraft archaeology from the… |
| Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum, ManstonRamsgate, Kent | Free | 3 | Free-entry memorial museum holding Spitfire TB752 and Hurricane LF751 plus a dense Manston story — the emergency runway where crippled… |
| Lashenden Air Warfare MuseumAshford, Kent | £3 | 2 | At Headcorn (Lashenden) aerodrome: a compact air-warfare museum whose crown piece is a Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg — the piloted V-1 —… |
| Shoreham Aircraft MuseumSevenoaks, Kent | £5 | 1 | A Battle of Britain museum in a Shoreham village high street, grown from one man's crash-site digs, with a 1940s tea room whose bread… |
| Eastchurch Aviation MuseumSheerness, Kent | £2 | — | The Isle of Sheppey is where British aviation began — the Short brothers, the Royal Aero Club, the first British pilot's licences — and… |
Kent and its aviation
The collections lean to 1940. The Kent Battle of Britain Museum near Folkestone holds a Bf 109E-4 wreck, a Storch and a Spanish-built He 111. Manston’s two museums share a site: Spitfire TB752 and Hurricane LF751 in one, Cold War jets such as Lightning XR770 in the other. Lashenden keeps a piloted V-1, the Fi 103R Reichenberg.
- The two Manston museums share a site, so see both in one visit. The Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum is free.
- The Kent Battle of Britain Museum does not allow photography inside.
- Romney Marsh Wartime Collection opens seasonally and pairs with the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
- Shoreham Aircraft Museum opens weekends and bank holidays; Eastchurch charges £2.
Aircraft you can only see in Kent
Frequently asked
What is the biggest aviation museum in Kent?
RAF Manston History Museum, with 22 airframes, including Lightning F.6 XR770 and a Vulcan B.1 nose. Entry is listed at £7.
Are there free aviation museums in Kent?
Yes, one: the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum at Manston. The others charge between £2 and £12.
Where can I see a Spitfire in Kent?
Spitfire LF.XVIe TB752 is at the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum, Manston, beside Hurricane IIc LF751.