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Gatwick Aviation Museum
Museum · Charlwood · Surrey

Gatwick Aviation Museum

Gatwick Aviation Museum is an aviation museum in Charlwood, Surrey. A short trip away is Wakehurst, 13 km off, the first of 46 within 15 km. 2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Photo: Gatwick Aviation Museum, MilborneOne (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Charlwood
inside the built-up area
How well known
Top 35%
#2,958 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 17–23°C
In brief

Museum in Charlwood

Inside Charlwood

Gatwick Aviation Museum is inside Charlwood’s built-up area, with 2 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

Choosing a month

If warmth matters, go May to September: Charlwood reaches 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 1°91 mm
Feb8° / 1°61 mm
Mar11° / 3°50 mm
Apr14° / 4°51 mm
May17° / 7°51 mm
Jun20° / 10°49 mm
Jul23° / 12°53 mm
Aug22° / 12°58 mm
Sep19° / 10°58 mm
Oct15° / 7°89 mm
Nov11° / 4°92 mm
Dec8° / 2°89 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Charlwood, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Charlwood. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Charlwood’s full climate →
About

Gatwick Aviation Museum

Aviation museum in Charlwood, Surrey.

In Charlwood, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type
Museum
Wikipedias
Covered in 2 languages
Town
in Charlwood
Official site
gamc.org.uk
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Plan your visit

Entrance fees
  • EntryA fee is charged
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

Gatwick Aviation Museum at a glance

The places near Gatwick Aviation Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Charlwood’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Towns around Gatwick Aviation Museum, by distance

Crawley tops the 7 for size, at 120,567 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1234567
  1. 1Charlwood
  2. 2Hookwood
  3. 3Crawley
  4. 4Cudworth
  5. 5Horley
  6. 6Newdigate
  7. 7Parkgate
1 · It’s in town

Charlwood

903 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 200 m northeast of it

Hookwood

666 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km south of it

Crawley

120,567 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km west of it

Cudworth

294 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns
TownWhere Gatwick Aviation Museum isPeoplePlaces to visit
CharlwoodIt’s in town9034
Hookwood200 m northeast of it6664
Crawley2.1 km south of it120,56710
Cudworth2.7 km west of it2943
Horley3 km northeast of it27,0673
Newdigate4.8 km west of it7655
Parkgate4.8 km northwest of it3164
Make a day of it

Next door to Gatwick Aviation Museum

Also close at hand are 2 gardens, 2 historic houses and 2 zoos, among 46 within 15 km.

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

Gatwick Aviation Museum: what to know

Where is Gatwick Aviation Museum?

Gatwick Aviation Museum is in Charlwood, Surrey, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Gatwick Aviation Museum?

Aviation museum in Charlwood, Surrey.

When is the best time to visit Gatwick Aviation Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Charlwood, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Gatwick Aviation Museum?

Within 15 km: Wakehurst (13 km), Brantridge Park (11 km), NT Nymans Gardens (11 km) and Betchworth Castle (11 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 (8)

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