Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum
Airborne Assault – The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces is based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire and tells the story of the Parachute Regiment and other airborne forces.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: military museum in the East of England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Airborne Assault”, “Airborne Assault - The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces”, “Airborne Assault Museum”, and “Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Imperial War Museum Duxford and Duxford Aerodrome.
Imperial War Museum Duxford
Museum
Photo: Dr Richard Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Imperial War Museum Duxford, also known as IWM Duxford or simply Duxford, is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire, England. Imperial War Museum Duxford is situated 570 feet southwest of Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum.
Duxford Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Duxford Aerodrome is located 8 nautical miles south of Cambridge, within the civil parish of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England and nearly 1-mile west of the village.
American Air Museum
Museum
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American Air Museum is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whittlesford and Thriplow.
Whittlesford
Village
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Whittlesford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, and also the name of an old hundred. The village is situated on the Granta branch of the River Cam, seven miles south of Cambridge. Whittlesford Parkway railway station serves the village.
Thriplow
Village
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thriplow is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, 8 miles south of Cambridge. The village also gives its name to a former Cambridgeshire hundred. Thriplow is situated 1½ miles west of Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum.
Hinxton
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinxton is a village in South Cambridgeshire, England. The River Cam runs through the village, as does the Cambridge to Liverpool Street railway, though the village has no station. Hinxton is situated 2 miles east of Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum.
Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum
- Categories: regimental museum, military museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Duxford, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.09564° or 52° 5′ 44″ northLongitude
0.13328° or 0° 7′ 60″ eastOpen location code
9F4234WM+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 12543769894OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7133929
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In Other Languages
“Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “落下傘連隊・空挺部隊博物館”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum”. Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.