Wings Museum

The Wings Museum is an aviation museum located in Sussex, United Kingdom. It is housed in a 12,000 square feet hangar-like former farm building in Brantridge Lane, between Handcross and Balcombe.

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Type: Museum
Description: aviation museum in Balcombe, West Sussex
Address: 1, Brantridge Lane, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Balcombe railway station and Nymans.

Balcombe railway station

Railway station

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Balcombe railway station is a stop on the Brighton Main Line, serving the village of Balcombe, in West Sussex, England. It lies 33 miles 64 chains down the line from London Bridge, via Redhill, and is situated between Three Bridges and Haywards Heath. Balcombe railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Wings Museum.

Nymans

Garden

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Nymans is an English garden to the south of the village of Handcross, and in the civil parish of Slaugham in West Sussex, England. The garden was developed, starting in the late nineteenth century, by three generations of the Messel family, and was brought to renown by Leonard Messel. Nymans is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wings Museum.

Tilgate Nature Centre

Zoo

Tilgate Zoo is a small BIAZA-accredited zoo located within Tilgate Park in Tilgate Forest, South-East Crawley, West Sussex, England. The zoo holds 74 different animal species, and is involved in several programmes to preserve threatened wild species from extinction. Tilgate Nature Centre is situated 2½ miles north of Wings Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Handcross and Balcombe.

Handcross

Village

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Handcross is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A23 road 4.2 miles south of Crawley. At the 2011 Census the population fell within the civil parish of Slaugham. Nymans Garden, 30 acres of parklands run by the National Trust, is located adjacent to the High Street, as are 20 acres of woodland and water gardens at High Beeches Garden.

Balcombe

Village

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Balcombe is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies 31 miles south of London, 16 miles north of Brighton, and 32 miles east-northeast of the county town of Chichester. Balcombe is situated 1½ miles east of Wings Museum.

Staplefield

Village

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Staplefield is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, situated 6 kilometres north-west of Haywards Heath on the B2114 road. It is part of Ansty and Staplefield civil parish where the 2011 Census population information is included. Staplefield is situated 1½ miles south of Wings Museum.

Wings Museum

Categories: aviation museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Balcombe, Mid Sussex District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.06031° or 51° 3′ 37″ north

Longitude

-0.16838° or 0° 10′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C3X3R6J+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 231141503

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q28131461

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In Other Languages

“Wings Museum” goes by many names.

Japanese: “ウィングス・ミュージアム”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include High Beeches Garden and Dencombe Wood.

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Explore places such as Brantridge Park Farm and High Beeches Lane.

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