Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection is a museum in United Kingdom. Boscombe Down Aviation Collection is situated nearby to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as near the community center Old Sarum and Longhedge Community Centre.

Type: Museum
Description: fast-jet military aviation museum in Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Old Sarum Airfield Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Sarum and Old Sarum.

Old Sarum

Aerodrome

Photo: TabstheCat, Public domain.

Old Sarum Airfield is a grass strip airfield 2 miles } north-north-east of Salisbury, in Laverstock parish, Wiltshire, England. The adjacent areas are a mix of vacant land, residential and industrial sites.

Old Sarum

Archaeological site

Photo: MARKEDWARDS, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country. Old Sarum is situated 1 mile southwest of Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.

Old Sarum Cathedral

Archaeological site

Photo: Bob Castle, Public domain.

Old Sarum Cathedral was a Catholic cathedral at old Salisbury, England, now known as Old Sarum, between 1092 and 1220. Only its foundations remain, in the north-west quadrant of the circular outer bailey of the site, about 2 miles north of its 13th-century replacement, Salisbury Cathedral. Old Sarum Cathedral is situated 1 mile southwest of Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stratford-sub-Castle and Winterbourne Earls.

Stratford-sub-Castle

Village

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stratford sub Castle in Wiltshire, England, was anciently a separate village and civil parish, but is now in Salisbury. At approximately 170 ft above sea level, it is dominated to the east by the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, within the boundaries of which a Norman castle was built.

Winterbourne Earls

Village

Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Winterbourne Earls is a village in Wiltshire, England. The village is in the Bourne valley on the A338 road, about 3.4 miles northeast of Salisbury. In 1931, the parish had a population of 242.

Winterbourne Dauntsey

Village

Winterbourne Dauntsey is a village in Wiltshire, England, in the Bourne valley on the A338 road about 3.5 miles northeast of Salisbury. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176. Winterbourne Dauntsey is situated 2 miles northeast of Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

Categories: aviation museum, Museums in Europe, aviation, building, tourism, hangar, and tourist attraction
Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.09991° or 51° 5′ 60″ north

Longitude

-1.7857° or 1° 47′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C3W36X7+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28164251

OpenStreetMap feature

aeroway=hangar

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q113455738

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French: “Boscombe Down Aviation Collection”
“Boscombe Down Aviation Collection”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Old Sarum and Longhedge Community Centre.

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