Royal Air Force Museum Midlands

The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, is a free museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular.

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Type: Museum
Description: military aviation museum at RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England, UK
Also known as: “RAF Cosford Museum”, “RAF Museum Cosford”, “RAF Museum Midlands”, and “Royal Air Force Museum Cosford”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include RAF Cosford and Cosford railway station.

RAF Cosford

Aerodrome

Photo: John Chorley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Royal Air Force Cosford or RAF Cosford is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Cosford, Shropshire, England just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton.

Cosford railway station

Railway station

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Cosford railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Cosford in Shropshire, England. It also serves RAF Cosford which is also home to a branch of the Royal Air Force Museum. Cosford railway station is situated 3,000 feet east of Royal Air Force Museum Midlands.

Albrighton railway station

Railway station

Photo: A Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Albrighton railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Albrighton in Shropshire, England. The former up goods yard is now occupied by a small estate of low rise offices. Albrighton railway station is situated 2 miles east of Royal Air Force Museum Midlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tong and Albrighton.

Tong

Village

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Tong is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, also bordering Staffordshire in England. It is located between the towns of Shifnal, Newport and Brewood.

Albrighton

Village

Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Albrighton is a large village in the civil parish of Albrighton and Donington, in Shropshire, England, 8 miles northwest of Wolverhampton and 11 miles northeast of Bridgnorth. Albrighton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Royal Air Force Museum Midlands.

Boningale

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boningale is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The village lies just south of Albrighton, and just west of the county border with Staffordshire. Boningale is situated 2 miles southeast of Royal Air Force Museum Midlands.

Royal Air Force Museum Midlands

Categories: aviation museum, military museum, national museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Donington, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.64451° or 52° 38′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.31429° or 2° 18′ 51″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C4VJMVP+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 57044995

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7373617

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Royal Air Force Museum Midlands” goes by many names.

Arabic: “متحف القوات الجوية الملكية”
Chinese: “科斯福德皇家空軍博物館”
Chinese: “科斯福德英國皇家空軍博物館”
Dutch: “Royal Air Force Museum Cosford”
Egyptian Arabic: “متحف القوات الجويه الملكيه”
French: “Royal Air Force Museum Cosford”
Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Museum Cosford”
Japanese: “イギリス空軍博物館コスフォード館”
Japanese: “コスフォード王室空軍博物館”
Japanese: “コスフォード王立空軍博物館”
Japanese: “コスフォード空軍博物館”
Japanese: “王立空軍博物館”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Air Force Museum Cosford”
Norwegian: “Royal Air Force Museum Cosford”
Spanish: “Museo de la RAF de Cosford”
Spanish: “Museo de la Real Fuerza Aerea Britanica de Cosford”
Spanish: “Museo de la Real Fuerza Aérea Británica de Cosford”
Spanish: “Museo de la Real Fuerza Aerea de Cosford”
Spanish: “Museo de la Real Fuerza Aérea de Cosford”
Spanish: “Museo de la Royal Air Force de Cosford”
Spanish: “Royal Air Force Museum Cosford”
Welsh: “Royal Air Force Museum Cosford”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include National Cold War Exhibition and BAC VC10 C.1K.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as The Checkpoint and RAF Museum Shop.

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