Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum

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

Photo: Julian P Guffogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Museum
Description: military museum in Manston, Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum” and “The RAF Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum”
Address: Manston Road, Manston, CT12 5DF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kent International Airport and Thanet Parkway railway station.

Kent International Airport

Aerodrome

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Manston Airport is a closed international airport in England. 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 south of Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum.

Minster railway station

Railway station

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Minster railway station serves the village of Minster in Kent and surrounding villages. It is next to a junction between Canterbury West, Ramsgate and Sandwich. Minster railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial 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 2 miles southwest of Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum.

Newington

Suburb

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newington is a suburb in the west of the town of Ramsgate, on the eastern tip of Kent, England. Newington is situated 2 miles east of Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum.

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum

Categories: independent museum, military museum, 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

51.35023° or 51° 21′ 1″ north

Longitude

1.34981° or 1° 20′ 59″ east

Open location code

9F33982X+3W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 608105975

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q113357818

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German: “Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum”

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