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.Photo: Shazz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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 Church of St Mark, Ansty and Staplefield.
Balcombe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Church of St Mark, Ansty and Staplefield
Church
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mark, Ansty and Staplefield is situated 1½ miles south of Wings Museum.
Tilgate Nature Centre
Zoo
Tilgate Nature Centre is a small BIAZA-accredited zoo located within Tilgate Park in Tilgate Forest, South-East Crawley, West Sussex, England. The nature centre holds 144 different animal species, and are actively involved in breeding programmes to preserve many 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
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Balcombe
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
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″ northLongitude
-0.16838° or 0° 10′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C3X3R6J+4JOpenStreetMap ID
way 231141503OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata 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”
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Highlights include High Beeches Garden and Dencombe Wood.
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