Airborne Assault
Airborne Assault is a military museum in the East. It is within Heathfield’s built-up area. Nearby, IWM Duxford (600 m) heads a list of 62 within 15 km.
Museum in Heathfield
Inside Heathfield
Airborne Assault is inside Heathfield’s built-up area, with 17 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.
Month by month in Heathfield
Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Heathfield.
Airborne Assault
Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Heathfield
- Official site
- paradata.org.uk/airborne-assault-museum
Where it sits
Airborne Assault is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Heathfield’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which towns are near Airborne Assault
Sawston tops the 8 for size, at 7,270 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Heathfield
Duxford
Whittlesford
Thriplow
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Airborne Assault is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathfield | It’s in town | 668 | 18 |
| Duxford | 1.1 km east of it | 2,216 | 18 |
| Whittlesford | 1.3 km north of it | 1,608 | 18 |
| Thriplow | 2.4 km west of it | 462 | 18 |
| Sawston | 2.7 km northeast of it | 7,270 | 18 |
| Hinxton | 3 km east of it | 330 | 18 |
| Ickleton | 3.6 km southeast of it | 748 | 17 |
| Newton | 3.7 km northwest of it | 365 | 19 |
While you are near Airborne Assault
Among the 62 within 15 km are 3 museums, 3 castles and a historic house.
MuseumIWM Duxford600 m away · 401K visitors a year (2019)2MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum11 km away · 364K visitors a year3
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House10 km away4
MuseumMuseum of Zoology12 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)5
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden11 km away6
CastleSaffron Walden Castle11 km away7
CastleCambridge Castle13 km away8CastleCastle · National TrustWimpole Hall14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Airborne Assault
Where is Airborne Assault?
Airborne Assault is in Heathfield, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Airborne Assault?
Military museum in the East of England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Airborne Assault?
May to September are the warmest months in Heathfield, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Airborne Assault?
Within 15 km: IWM Duxford (600 m), Fitzwilliam Museum (11 km), Audley End House (10 km) and Museum of Zoology (12 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 (7)
- Airborne Assault: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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