Jet Age Museum, Gloucester

Name: Jet Age Museum
Address: Cheltenham Rd E, Gloucester, GL2 9QL, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1452 260078

#13 among attractions in Gloucester

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The Jet Age Museum is the trading name of the Gloucestershire Aviation Collection, an all-volunteer, charitable organisation dedicated to the preservation of Gloucestershire's aviation heritage. The aviation museum is located on the north side of Gloucestershire Airport, between Gloucester and Cheltenham. It houses a number of aircraft, aero engines, cockpits and other related exhibits. It is themed on the early development of jet aircraft, in particular the role played by the Gloster Aircraft Company and other local firms such as Dowty Rotol and Smiths Industries. The museum is also the custodian of the Russell Adams photographic archive. ()

Coordinates: 51°53'44"N, 2°10'29"W

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Cheltenham Rd EGloucester GL2 9QL United Kingdom

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+44 1452 260078

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Jet Age Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hillfield Gardens, The Bacon Theatre, Chosen Hill, Nature in Art.

3 miSW
Park
Hillfield Gardens, Gloucester
76 min walk • Hillfield Gardens is a public park on London Road, Gloucester, England. It houses several historical monuments. The description in December 2020 stated: "Now a Council-owned public park covering about 1.6 hectares, Highfield Gardens is supported by an active Friends group which organises annual events".
2.9 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Cinema
The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham
75 min walk • The Bacon Theatre is a medium-scale venue on the site of Dean Close School, Cheltenham. The theatre provides a teaching and leisure resource for the school as well as being available to hire for local community groups and providing a full programme of professional events.
2 miS
Park
Chosen Hill
51 min walk • Chosen Hill rises above Churchdown in Gloucestershire, England, and is the site of a 11.5-hectare nature reserve. The hill commands good views over the scarp and the Severn Vale and there is a network of paths for walkers.
2.5 miW
Museum, Art gallery, Art museum
Nature in Art, Gloucester
65 min walk • Nature in Art is a museum and art gallery at Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester, England, dedicated exclusively to art inspired by nature in all forms, styles and media.
2.7 miW
Village, Park
Longford, Gloucester
68 min walk • Longford is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Although situated within two miles of Gloucester city centre, Longford parish falls within the jurisdiction of the Borough of Tewkesbury.
2.6 miW
Museum, Art museum
Wallsworth Hall, Gloucester
66 min walk • Wallsworth Hall is a stately home in the parish of Sandhurst, Gloucester, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The hall was featured in Simon Jenkins acclaimed book 'England's 1000 Best Houses'.
2.1 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Gloucester
53 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a grade II listed Church of England church in Longlevens, Gloucester. It was designed by Howard Stratton Davis and built in 1933–1934 in a fifteenth-century perpendicular Gothic style.
0.6 miW
51°53'46"N • 2°11'22"W
Brickhampton Court Golf Complex, Gloucester
16 min walk • Golf
3 miSW
Street
Horton Road, Gloucester
78 min walk • Horton Road is a street in the City of Gloucester, England. It is the location of Wotton House, Horton Road Hospital, and the former Horton Road Stadium. It runs from London Road in the north to Metz Way in the south.
2.9 miSW
Seminary
Redcliffe College, Gloucester
75 min walk • Redcliffe College was a mission training centre and theological college based in Gloucester, England, specialising in training men, women and families working in Christian mission and ministry anywhere in the world.
2.8 miE
Neighbourhood
Hesters Way, Cheltenham
72 min walk • Cheltenham West is an area in the western part of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It is the generic name for an area which includes the council wards of Hesters Way, Springbank, Arle, Rowanfield, Alstone, Fiddlers Green, St Mark's and some of St Peter's and the Moors.