Shoreham Aircraft Museum, Shoreham

Name: Shoreham Aircraft Museum
Address: 13 High St, Shoreham, TN14 7TB, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1959 524416

#1 among attractions in Shoreham

Top attraction, Specialty museum, History museum, Museum

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The Shoreham Aircraft Museum is located in the village of Shoreham near Sevenoaks in Kent, England, on the south-east edge of Greater London. It was founded by volunteers in 1978 and is dedicated to the airmen who fought in the skies over southern England during the Second World War. ()

Coordinates: 51°20'2"N, 0°10'38"E

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13 High StShoreham TN14 7TB United Kingdom

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+44 1959 524416

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Shoreham Aircraft Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford Castle, Lullingstone Roman Villa, Chevening.

1.8 miNE
Museum, History museum
Lullingstone Castle
48 min walk • Nestled in the idyllic Kent countryside, Lullingstone Castle is a hidden gem steeped in history and charm. This remarkable estate, with its origins dating back to the time of the Domesday Book, has been the family seat of the Hart Dyke family for over 20 generations.
3 miNE
Forts and castles
Eynsford Castle, Dartford
76 min walk • Eynsford Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Eynsford, Kent. Built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon stone burh, the castle was constructed by William de Enysford, probably between 1085 and 1087, to protect the lands of Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, from Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux.
2.2 miN
History museum, Museum, Historical place
Lullingstone Roman Villa, Sevenoaks
57 min walk • Lullingstone Roman Villa is a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain, situated in Lullingstone near the village of Eynsford in Kent, south eastern England.
3.3 miSW
Park
Chevening, Kent Downs
84 min walk • Chevening House is a large country house in the parish of Chevening in Kent, in south east England. Built between 1617 and 1630 to a design reputedly by Inigo Jones and greatly extended after 1717, it is a Grade I listed building. The surrounding gardens, pleasure grounds and park are listed Grade II*.
1.7 miS
Palace
Otford Palace
43 min walk • Otford Palace, also known as the Archbishop's Palace, is in Otford, an English village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent. The village is located on the River Darent, flowing north down its valley from its source on the North Downs. The King of Mercia, Offa, fought the Kentish Saxons in 776 at the Battle of Otford.
1.2 miSE
Park
Fackenden Down, Kent Downs
30 min walk • Fackenden Down is a 14-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.
1 miSW
Park
Polhill Bank, Kent Downs
25 min walk • Polhill Bank is a 4-hectare nature reserve south of Shoreham, which is north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is in Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This chalk grassland site is on a south-east slope.
2.4 miSE
Park
Kemsing Down, Kemsing
63 min walk • Kemsing Down is a 16-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. It is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Habitats in this downland site include ancient and secondary woodland, scrub and chalk grassland.
3.5 miSW
Church
St Katharine's Church
91 min walk • St Katharine's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Knockholt and the Sevenoaks deanery. St Katharine's and St Margaret's came together in 1983 as a United Benefice under one parish priest. The pattern of services reflects the fact that it is two parishes working closely together.
3.2 miSW
Memorial
Chatham Vase, Kent Downs
82 min walk • The Chatham Vase is a stone sculpture by John Bacon commissioned as a memorial to William Pitt the Elder by his wife, Hester, Countess of Chatham. It was originally erected at their house in Burton Pynsent in 1781.
2.2 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Margaret's Church, Halstead
56 min walk • St Margaret's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Halstead and the Sevenoaks deanery, although the church also serves the village of Badgers Mount. St Katharine's and St Margaret's came together in 1983 as a United Benefice under one parish priest.