Royal Air Force Museum London
The Royal Air Force Museum London is located on the former Hendon Aerodrome, in North London's Borough of Barnet. It includes five buildings and hangars showing the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: aviation museum in London, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “RAF London Museum”, “RAF Museum”, “RAF Museum London”, and “Royal Air Force Museum”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture and Hendon Police College.
Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
Museum
The Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture was a museum in North London, England, housing one of the most comprehensive collections of 19th- and 20th-century decorative arts for the home. Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture is situated 880 feet southwest of Royal Air Force Museum London.
Hendon Police College
University
Photo: Chesdovi, Public domain.
Hendon Police College is the principal training centre for London's Metropolitan Police. Founded with the official name of the Metropolitan Police College, the college has officially been known as the Peel Centre since 1974, although its original name is still used frequently. Hendon Police College is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Royal Air Force Museum London.
Colindale tube station
Metro station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colindale is a London Underground station in Colindale, a suburb of north-west London. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Burnt Oak and Hendon Central stations. It is located in Travelcard Zone 4. Colindale tube station is situated 2,600 feet west of Royal Air Force Museum London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grahame Park and Colindale.
Grahame Park
Quarter
Grahame Park, located on the site of the old Hendon Aerodrome in North West London, is a north London housing estate in the London Borough of Barnet, including 1,777 council homes built in the 1970s.
Colindale
Suburb
Photo: R Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colindale is a district in the London Borough of Barnet; its main shopping street on the A5 forming the borough boundary with neighbouring Brent. Colindale is a suburban area, and in recent years has had many new apartments built.
Hendon
Suburb
Photo: Steve Cadman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London 7 miles northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Greater London since 1965.
Royal Air Force Museum London
- Categories: aviation museum, military museum, national museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Barnet, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.59798° or 51° 35′ 53″ northLongitude
-0.2391° or 0° 14′ 21″ westElevation
180 feet (55 metres)Open location code
9C3XHQX6+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 118906069OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
8394368Wikidata ID
Q1890450
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Royal Air Force Museum London” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伦敦皇家空军博物馆”
- Chinese: “倫敦皇家空軍博物館”
- Chinese: “皇家空軍博物館”
- Chinese: “英國皇家空軍博物館”
- Czech: “Royal Air Force Museum”
- Dutch: “Royal Air Force Museum London”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف القوات الجويه الملكيه بلندن”
- French: “RAF Museum”
- French: “Royal Air Force Museum London”
- French: “Royal Air Force Museum”
- German: “Royal Air Force Museum”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון חיל האוויר המלכותי”
- Irish: “Músaem an Aerfhórsa Ríoga Londain”
- Italian: “RAF Museum Hendon”
- Italian: “Royal Air Force Museum”
- Japanese: “イギリス空軍博物館”
- Japanese: “英国空軍博物館”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Air Force Museum London”
- Norwegian: “Royal Air Force Museum London”
- Polish: “Royal Air Force Museum”
- Portuguese: “Museu da Força Aérea Real de Londres”
- Portuguese: “Royal Air Force Museum”
- Russian: “Музей королевских военно-воздушных сил”
- Spanish: “Museo de la RAF de Londres”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Real Fuerza Aerea Britanica de Londres”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Real Fuerza Aérea Británica de Londres”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Royal Air Force de Londres”
- Spanish: “Royal Air Force Museum London”
- Spanish: “Royal Air Force Museum”
- Swedish: “Royal Air Force Museum London”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Hyde and Hendon Central.
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