The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare

Name: The Helicopter Museum
Address: Locking Moor Rd, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 8PP, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1934 635227

#6 among attractions in Weston-super-Mare

Top attraction, Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum

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The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare

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The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civilian and military. It is based at the southeastern corner of the former Weston-super-Mare Airport. ()

Established: 1989 (35 years ago)Coordinates: 51°20'22"N, 2°55'49"W

Address

Locking Moor RdWeston-super-Mare BS24 8PP United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1934 635227

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Weston-super-Mare

Day trips

The Helicopter Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dismaland, Weston-super-Mare Town Hall, Banwell Caves, Odeon Cinema.

2.3 miW
Amusement, Amusement park
Dismaland, Weston-super-Mare
58 min walk • Dismaland was a temporary art project organised by street artist Banksy in the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England.
2.1 miW
City hall
Weston-super-Mare Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare
53 min walk • Weston-super-Mare Town Hall is a municipal building in Walliscote Grove Road in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The building, which is the headquarters of North Somerset Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Banwell Caves
54 min walk • Banwell Caves are a 1.7-hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Banwell, North Somerset, England notified in 1963.
2.1 miW
Nightlife, Cinema
Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare
55 min walk • The Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England, is an art deco cinema building, designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt. Still largely intact and retaining its originally installed Compton organ, it is a Grade II listed building.
2.2 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare
58 min walk • The Playhouse is a 664-seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, South West England that hosts shows all year round including opera, ballet, comedy, music and pantomime performances.
2.3 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Blakehay Theatre, Weston-super-Mare
59 min walk • The Blakehay Theatre is a 207-seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. Its building was originally a 19th-century Baptist church.
2 miW
Park
Ellenborough Park, Weston-super-Mare
52 min walk • Ellenborough Park is a park situated in the centre of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. The western half of the park, an area of 1.8 hectares, is of significant biodiversity interest, due to its plant communities, and was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1989.
2.3 miW
Piers and boardwalks
Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare
59 min walk • The Grand Pier is a pleasure pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles southwest of Bristol. It opened in 1904 and has been Listed Grade II since 1983. It is 366 metres long.
2 miW
Museum
Lambretta Museum, Weston-super-Mare
52 min walk • The Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. It houses a total of 61 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May 1971.
1.8 miW
Museum
Weston-super-Mare Museum, Weston-super-Mare
47 min walk • Weston Museum is a museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It was established in 1861. and is home to North Somerset Council museum collection with exhibits relating to Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding area from 400 million years ago to the present day.
0.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Locking Castle
19 min walk • Locking Castle was a castle that once stood on Carberry Hill near the site of RAF Locking in Locking in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. It was a motte and bailey on Carberry Hill. Excavations in 1902 identified the remains of a small stone chamber surrounded by a ditch.