Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries

Name: Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum
Address: Dumfries, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Dumfries

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The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower at the former RAF Dumfries, located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries, Scotland, which was in service from June 1940 until 1957, when it closed. The site was sold to a private company in 1960. The museum, founded in 1977 by the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Group, has a collection of aircraft, both civil and military, aero engines, artifacts, and a small, but "ever expanding collection of memorabilia honouring airborne forces." ()

Established: 1977 (47 years ago)Coordinates: 55°4'10"N, 3°36'57"W

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Day trips

Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Palmerston Park, Dumfries Museum, Lincluden Collegiate Church, Gracefield Arts Centre.

~1830 ftW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Palmerston Park, Dumfries
9 min walk • Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Championship club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919.
~1590 ftS
History museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Dumfries Museum, Dumfries
8 min walk • Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, located in Dumfries in Dumfries & Galloway, is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era.
1.1 miN
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Church
Lincluden Collegiate Church, Dumfries
28 min walk • Lincluden Collegiate Church, known earlier as Lincluden Priory or Lincluden Abbey, is a ruined religious house, situated in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire and to the north of the Royal Burgh of Dumfries, Scotland.
0.5 miNE
Art gallery, Museum, Shopping
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
12 min walk • Gracefield Arts Centre is located in Dumfries. The gallery's main building, a Category B listed building, was bought in 1951 by a committee of local people who raised the money needed for the purchase and to do the alterations necessary to change the former house, which was known as ‘Gracefield’ into an art gallery.
~730 ftSW
55°4'4"N • 3°37'5"W
Brigend Theatre, Dumfries
4 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
~1810 ftE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Theatre Royal, Dumfries
9 min walk • The Theatre Royal in Dumfries, Scotland is the oldest working theatre in Scotland. The Theatre is owned by the Guild of Players who bought it in 1959, thereby saving it from demolition. The Guild's aim is to promote the tradition of live theatre in Dumfries.
0.8 miSW
Archaeological site
Curriestanes cursus, Dumfries
22 min walk • Curriestanes cursus is a large neolithic ditched enclosure on the outskirts of Dumfries, in the parish of Troqueer, Dumfries and Galloway. It is visible only from aerial photography. It is, along with Pict's Knowe, one of two scheduled monuments in Troqueer parish.
~1560 ftSE
55°4'0"N • 3°36'37"W
Loreburne Shopping Centre, Dumfries
8 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
~970 ftNE
Greek Revival architecture, Georgian architecture
Moat Brae, Dumfries
5 min walk • Moat Brae is a Georgian townhouse designed by Walter Newall in Dumfries, Scotland. It was built in 1823 in the Greek revival style. J. M.
~710 ftN
Sport, Sport venue
Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club, Dumfries
4 min walk • Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Nith, based at Nith Avenue, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.
0.9 miN
Sport, Sport venue
Nunholm, Dumfries
22 min walk • Nunholm is a cricket ground in Dumfries, Scotland. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1979 when Scotland B played a combined Central Lancashire League team. The ground held its first and to date only first-class match when Scotland played Ireland in 1988, which Scotland won by an innings and 43 runs.

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Which popular attractions are close to Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum?

Nearby attractions include Brigend Theatre, Dumfries (4 min walk), Moat Brae, Dumfries (5 min walk), Dumfries Museum, Dumfries (8 min walk), Theatre Royal, Dumfries (9 min walk).

How to get to Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum by public transport?

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Dumfries (13 min walk)