King's Cliffe Sunday
King's Cliffe Airfield Museum
Second Sunday of the month, 10 miles out on the A47; the wartime fighter field with an American chapter.
Distances are straight-line miles from Peterborough city centre; roads add a quarter to a half. Prices are adult admission from the gazetteer survey.
Nearest first
Aviation museums within 30 miles of Peterborough
| Museum | Miles | Adult entry | Airframes | Headline exhibit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Cliffe Airfield MuseumPeterborough, Northamptonshire | 9.8 | Free | — | King's Cliffe (20th FG) opened its purpose-built museum near the hangar base where Glenn Miller played his final airfield concert — new,… |
| RAF Witchford CollectionEly, Cambridgeshire | 23.3 | Check website | — | The RAF Witchford Collection: a foyer display at a business park with an outsized emotional payload — the only memorial collection to the… |
| 306th Bombardment Group MuseumBedford, Bedfordshire | 25.2 | Free | — | Thurleigh's 306th BG museum — the group that flew the first US heavy-bomber raid from England and inspired 'Twelve O'Clock High' — free… |
| Twinwood Airfield: Glenn Miller Museum & Aviation MuseumBedford, Bedfordshire | 28.8 | £5 | — | Twinwood Farm is where Glenn Miller took off into the fog on 15 December 1944 and vanished; the control tower and museums keep his story… |
| Harrington Aviation MuseumNorthampton, Northamptonshire | 29.0 | £8 | — | Harrington was Station 179, home of the 'Carpetbaggers' — black-painted B-24s dropping agents and supplies to the Resistance by… |
| Sywell Aviation MuseumNorthampton, Northamptonshire | 29.5 | Free | 5 | Sywell Aviation Museum: a POW-hut-sized, free museum on Britain's loveliest Art Deco aerodrome, where resident Spitfires and a Mustang… |
From the city
Days out from Peterborough
The RAF Witchford Collection near Ely is 23 miles east. South, the 306th Bomb Group museum at Thurleigh, Twinwood, Harrington and Sywell are 25–30 miles out. The Fenland and West Norfolk museum near Wisbech closed in 2022, and its collection went to Norwich.
South to Bedfordshire
306th Bombardment Group Museum → Twinwood Airfield: Glenn Miller Museum & Aviation Museum
Down the A1 to Thurleigh, then 4 miles to Twinwood on an open day; B-17s, then Glenn Miller.
Northamptonshire pair
Harrington Aviation Museum → Sywell Aviation Museum
Harrington, then Sywell, 12 miles apart; both open weekends in season.
Questions
Frequently asked
What is the nearest aviation museum to Peterborough?
King's Cliffe Airfield Museum. It is about 10 miles west at Wansford, open on the second Sunday of the month.
Is there a free aviation museum near Peterborough?
Yes. King's Cliffe Airfield Museum (about 10 miles), 306th Bombardment Group Museum (about 25 miles) and Sywell Aviation Museum (about 30 miles) are free to enter in our July 2026 price snapshot.
Is the Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum still open?
No. It closed in 2022, and its collection went to the City of Norwich Aviation Museum. It is listed here for the record only.