Wellington Aviation Museum
Small museum in a Victorian school building in Moreton-in-Marsh with RAF memorabilia and aviation art, open on Sundays from Easter to mid-November.
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About the museum
Wellington Aviation Museum fills part of an old Victorian school building in Moreton-in-Marsh. It grew from a large private collection put together by a man who was proud of his service in the Royal Air Force, and it has become a record of how the Second World War affected a small market town.
In 1939 an airfield was built quickly on the eastern edge of the town to train aircrew to fly the Vickers-Armstrongs Wellington, a medium-range bomber with an unusual geodetic structure. Young service personnel from countries such as Canada and New Zealand passed through No. 21 Operational Training Unit before being posted to places including North Africa and Burma.
The displays cover this training, the town’s Wings for Victory campaign, local prisoner of war camps and the American Sixth Armoured Division, which was camped nearby before the D-Day landings. Visitors also find RAF memorabilia and aviation art. The museum celebrates the design and engineering of the Wellington and remembers all who served in the RAF, and it gives its surplus funds to RAF charities. Many visitors come from abroad because their relatives trained at Moreton or at similar bases.
Highlights
- Private collection of RAF memorabilia and aviation art
- Story of the wartime training airfield and No. 21 Operational Training Unit
- Wings for Victory campaign and local prisoner of war camps
- US Sixth Armoured Division camped near the town before D-Day
- Design and engineering of the Wellington bomber
Permanent exhibition
- RAF collection and aviation art – RAF memorabilia and aviation art in a Victorian school building, with displays on the wartime training airfield, the Wings for Victory campaign and local prisoner of war camps.
- Founded
- 1990
Admission & discounts
| Adults | £3.50 |
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| Children & teens | freefree up to age 14 · Free entry for children under 15 |
Adult admission is £3.50.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 14 |
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Children under 15 enter free.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
The museum is on Bourton Road, about a five-minute walk from the High Street. Drivers take the A44 towards Evesham and Broadway; the museum and its parking area are on the left.
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Clubs and classic vehicles are welcome; the website has a gallery of visitors’ transport.
Events & venue rental
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