Avro Heritage Museum

Avro Heritage Museum
The front of the museum
Location within Greater Manchester
Former name	Avro Heritage Centre
Established	13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)
Location	Woodford Aerodrome, Woodford, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates	53°20′06″N 2°09′08″W / 53.33502°N 2.15228°W / 53.33502; -2.15228
Website	avroheritagemuseum.co.uk

Avro Heritage Museum is an aviation museum in Woodford, Greater Manchester, England, that opened on 13 November 2015. It is located at the former Woodford Aerodrome, and it replaced the former Avro Heritage Centre.

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History

Avro Heritage Centre

Originally opened in Woodford's personnel block, the centre had five rooms with displays and photos about Avro, an archive, and a small shop. It was only open for tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and visits were only possible by prior appointment.^[1]^[2]

As part of the deal to sell Woodford Aerodrome for redevelopment in December 2011, BAE agreed to fund the renovation of the former aerodrome fire station to become the new Avro Heritage Museum.^[2] Designed to replace the previous heritage centre, the work was carried out by Conlon Construction and Cassidy + Ashton.^[3]^[4]^[5] Plans were submitted in February 2014;^[6] planning permission was approved on 20 May;^[7] construction started in August;^[4] and the museum opened on 13 November 2015.^[8] At 11,700 square feet (1,090 m²), the new building is 70% larger than the previous centre and includes an exhibition hall, a gallery, a café, reading rooms, and classrooms.^[4]^[1]

It holds the Avro Heritage Trust's collection of over 30,000 artefacts on aircraft development, including a set of murals that used to be located in Woodford's employee restaurant.^[2]

Aircraft on display

Avro Vulcan B.2 XM603^[9]
Avro Type F – Replica^[10]
Roe I Triplane – Replica^[11]

Cockpits

Avro Anson XIX G-AGPG^[12]
Avro Lancaster B.I R5868 "S for Sugar" – replica^[13]^[14]
Avro Vulcan B2 XM602^[15]
English Electric Canberra WK118^[16]
Hawker Siddeley 748 1756^[17]
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 XV235^[18]
Vickers VC10 C1K XV106 – on loan^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b "Avro Heritage Centre". Aeroflight. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "New Avro Heritage museum in Woodford prepares for take-off". BAE Systems. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Avro Heritage Museum". Avro Heritage Museum. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford". Conlon Construction. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "Avro Heritage Centre, Woodford". Cassidy + Ashton. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "New Stockport museum 'to display Vulcan bomber'". BBC News. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ "Decision Notice". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ "Avro Heritage Museum". Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "Avro Vulcan B2 XM603". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Avro Type F Replica". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Roe I Triplane Replica". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Avro Anson Cockpit G-AGPG 'Aggy Paggy'". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Avro Lancaster 'S Sugar' Replica Cockpit". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ Simpson, Andrew (2015). "Individual History" (PDF). Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Avro Vulcan XM602 Cockpit". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ "English Electric Canberra WK118 Cockpit". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Avro 748". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Hawker Siddeley Nimrod Cockpit XV235". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Vickers VC10 C1K XV106 Cockpit". Avro Heritage Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

External links

British aviation museums

England

north	Avro Heritage Museum Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Science and Industry Museum (Manchester) North East Land, Sea and Air Museums Real Aeroplane Company Solway Aviation Museum South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Yorkshire Air Museum
east	City of Norwich Aviation Museum de Havilland Aircraft Museum Imperial War Museum Duxford list Kent Battle of Britain Museum Lashenden Air Warfare Museum Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum Royal Air Force Museum London list Science Museum, London Shuttleworth Collection Shoreham Aircraft Museum The 453rd Bombardment Group Museum
south	Army Flying Museum Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Bournemouth Aviation Museum Brooklands Museum Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Gatwick Aviation Museum Gliding Heritage Centre Jet Age Museum Museum of Berkshire Aviation RAF Manston History Museum Solent Sky Tangmere Military Aviation Museum The Helicopter Museum Wings Museum
west	Aerospace Bristol Flambards Theme Park Fleet Air Arm Museum Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Bristol
central	East Midlands Aeropark Midland Air Museum Newark Air Museum Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Derby and Hucknall Royal Air Force Museum Midlands list Sywell Aviation Museum Wellesbourne Wartime Museum

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Ulster Aviation Society
Ulster Folk and Transport Museums

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Manx Aviation and Military Museum

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