British Airliner Collection
British Airliner Collection is an aviation museum. Inside Heathfield’s built-up area is where it stands. The site is run by Duxford Aviation Society.
Museum in Heathfield
Inside Heathfield
British Airliner Collection 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.
Warm months and wet ones
If warmth matters, go May to September: Heathfield reaches 18–23°C.
British Airliner Collection
62 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by IWM Duxford (100 m).
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Duxford Aviation Society
- Town
- in Heathfield
- Official site
- britairliners.org
Locating British Airliner Collection
British Airliner Collection sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Heathfield’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Of the 8, Sawston is the largest, at 7,270 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Heathfield
Duxford
Whittlesford
Thriplow
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where British Airliner Collection is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathfield | It’s in town | 668 | 18 |
| Duxford | 1.6 km east of it | 2,216 | 18 |
| Whittlesford | 1.8 km northeast of it | 1,608 | 18 |
| Thriplow | 1.9 km west of it | 462 | 18 |
| Fowlmere | 3.2 km west of it | 1,295 | 17 |
| Sawston | 3.3 km northeast of it | 7,270 | 18 |
| Hinxton | 3.4 km east of it | 330 | 18 |
| Ickleton | 3.7 km southeast of it | 748 | 17 |
More to see nearby
4 museums, 2 castles and a historic house are among the 62 within 15 km.
MuseumIWM Duxford100 m away · 401K visitors a year (2019)2MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum12 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
MuseumAirborne Assault700 m away7
CastleSaffron Walden Castle11 km away8
CastleCambridge Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting British Airliner Collection
Where is British Airliner Collection?
British Airliner Collection is in Heathfield, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is British Airliner Collection?
Aviation museum in the United Kingdom.
Who runs British Airliner Collection?
Duxford Aviation Society.
When is the best time to visit British Airliner Collection?
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 British Airliner Collection?
Within 15 km: IWM Duxford (100 m), Fitzwilliam Museum (12 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)
- 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
- Airborne Assault: N Chadwick, 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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