Museum · Patchway · Gloucestershire

Aerospace Bristol

Aerospace Bristol is an aerospace museum at Filton. Inside Patchway’s built-up area is where it stands. It is run by Bristol Aero Collection Trust.

Photo: Aerospace Bristol, Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Patchway

inside the built-up area

Run by

Bristol Aero Collection Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Patchway

Inside Patchway

Aerospace Bristol is inside Patchway’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Warm weather in Patchway runs May to September, with highs of 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 3°83 mm

Feb9° / 3°60 mm

Mar11° / 4°53 mm

Apr14° / 6°53 mm

May17° / 8°59 mm

Jun20° / 11°58 mm

Jul22° / 13°63 mm

Aug21° / 13°74 mm

Sep19° / 11°61 mm

Oct15° / 8°87 mm

Nov11° / 5°90 mm

Dec9° / 3°89 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Patchway, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Patchway. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Patchway’s full climate →

About

Aerospace Bristol

Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia. Nearby, SS Great Britain Museum (8.5 km) heads a list of 84 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: Bristol Aero Collection Trust
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Patchway
Official site: aerospacebristol.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Entry, hours, address

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Locating Aerospace Bristol

Orange: Aerospace Bristol.

Towns near it

Staying near Aerospace Bristol

Largest of the 8 is Bristol, home to 425,196. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Patchway

16,517 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 200 m south of it

Filton

10,955 people · 22 places to visit

3 · 1.2 km northeast of it

Bradley Stoke

25,194 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 1.2 km south of it

Bristol

425,196 people · 76 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Aerospace Bristol is	People	Places to visit
Patchway	It’s in town	16,517	17
Filton	200 m south of it	10,955	22
Bradley Stoke	1.2 km northeast of it	25,194	9
Bristol	1.2 km south of it	425,196	76
Stoke Gifford	1.7 km southeast of it	13,477	19
Easter Compton	2.3 km northwest of it	654	9
Almondsbury	2.4 km north of it	2,937	7
Kingswood and Fishponds	4.2 km southeast of it	160,280	55

Make a day of it

More near Aerospace Bristol

Choose from 84 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 zoos.

MuseumSS Great Britain Museum8.5 km away 2

CathedralBristol Cathedral8.1 km away 3

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery7.6 km away · 451K visitors a year 4

ZooBristol Zoo7.3 km away 5

Art galleryArnolfini8.3 km away · 398K visitors a year 6

CathedralClifton Cathedral7.5 km away 7

Big drawMuseumM Shed8.5 km away · 596K visitors a year 8

ZooBristol Zoo Project2.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Aerospace Bristol

Where is Aerospace Bristol?

Aerospace Bristol is in Patchway, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Aerospace Bristol?

Aerospace museum at Filton, United Kingdom.

Who runs Aerospace Bristol?

Bristol Aero Collection Trust.

When is the best time to visit Aerospace Bristol?

May to September are the warmest months in Patchway, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Aerospace Bristol?

Within 15 km: SS Great Britain Museum (8.5 km), Bristol Cathedral (8.1 km), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (7.6 km) and Bristol Zoo (7.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Aerospace Bristol: Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery: The original uploader was Steinsky at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Zoo: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Arnolfini: Photographed by Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Clifton Cathedral: The original uploader was Rbrwr at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
M Shed: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Zoo Project: Charlie Marshall, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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