Aviation museums in Midlands & Lincolnshire

Bomber County and the engine rooms. Lincolnshire flew the Lancasters; the Midlands built the engines, trained the crews and now stores the V-bombers. Between Cosford, Newark and East Kirkby this is the densest concentration of serious metal in Britain.

Command MI · 21 stations · last verified 2026-07-20. Figures are gazetteer survey snapshots — confirm hours before travel.

Stations

Museums in Midlands & Lincolnshire

Museum	City	Serial	Entry	Airframes
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight Visitors Centre	Lincoln	MI-06	£12.50	11
Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum	Sleaford	MI-14	Free	2
East Midlands Aeropark	Derby	MI-07	£5	33
Harrington Aviation Museum	Northampton	MI-15	£8	—
Hucknall Flight Test Museum	Nottingham	MI-21	By appointment	1
International Bomber Command Centre	Lincoln	MI-05	£12	—
King's Cliffe Airfield Museum	Peterborough	MI-20	Free	—
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre	Spilsby	MI-04	£13.50	6
Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre	Lincoln	MI-08	£8	2
Midland Air Museum	Coventry	MI-02	£11	53
Newark Air Museum	Newark	MI-03	£12.50	99
North Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre	Brigg	MI-13	Free	—
Polish Bomber Squadrons Centre, RAF Ingham	Gainsborough	MI-12	£8	1
RAF Defford Museum	Worcester	MI-11	£18	1
Rolls Royce Heritage Trust	Derby	MI-16	By appointment	1
Royal Air Force Museum Midlands	Shifnal	MI-01	Free	55
Sywell Aviation Museum	Northampton	MI-09	Free	6
The Potteries Spitfire Gallery (RW388)	Stoke-on-Trent	MI-17	Free	1
Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre	Lincoln	MI-10	£7	2
Wellesbourne Wartime Museum	Warwick	MI-19	£1.50	—
Wellington Aviation	Moreton-in-Marsh	MI-18	£3.50	—

Browse the full map on the Aviation Gazetteer, every type on charge in the Compendium, or free & donation museums.