RAF Manston Museum

RAF Manston Museum is a museum in Minster, Thanet District, England which is located on Manston Road. RAF Manston Museum is situated nearby to Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum, as well as near the aerodrome Kent International Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum and Kent International Airport.

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum

Museum

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Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum is situated 450 feet northeast of RAF Manston Museum.

Kent International Airport

Aerodrome

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Manston Airport is a closed international airport in the UK. Originally operated as RAF Manston, from 1916, it has also operated as a commercial airport and was known as Kent International Airport and, briefly, London Manston Airport.

Thanet Parkway railway station

Railway station

Thanet Parkway railway station is a railway station in Cliffsend, Kent, that serves Discovery Park Enterprise Zone and new housing developments. It opened on 31 July 2023. Thanet Parkway railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of RAF Manston Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manston and Minster-in-Thanet.

Manston

Village

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Manston is a village and civil parish in the Thanet district of Kent, England. The village is situated 1.5 miles northwest of Ramsgate. The parish includes four hamlets and the former Manston Airport.

Minster-in-Thanet

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Minster, also known as Minster-in-Thanet, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is the site of Minster in Thanet Priory. Minster-in-Thanet is situated 1½ miles southwest of RAF Manston Museum.

Isle of Thanet

Locality

Photo: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Public domain.

Kent is the most south-easterly county of England. It is popularly known as the "Garden of England" and its coastal areas are popular with visitors. Isle of Thanet is situated 2 miles south of RAF Manston Museum.

RAF Manston Museum

Type: Museum
Address: Manston Road, Ramsgate, CT12 5DF
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Minster, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.34958° or 51° 20′ 59″ north

Longitude

1.34812° or 1° 20′ 53″ east

Operator

Royal Air Force

Open location code

9F3388XX+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 219703120

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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