Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre
Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre is a visitor centre in Blackpool, Lancashire. Add Blackpool Tower, 4.5 km away, to a visit; it leads 50 places within 15 km.
Museum in Blackpool
Inside Blackpool
Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre is inside Blackpool’s built-up area, with 32 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.
Choosing a month
Expect highs of 18–20°C in Blackpool from June to September.
Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre
Visitor centre in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.
In Blackpool, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Blackpool
- Official site
- spitfirevisitorcentre.co.uk
Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre at a glance
Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Blackpool’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre
Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
Blackpool
Lytham St Anne's
Compare the 2 towns
| Town | Where Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | It’s in town | 149,087 | 41 |
| Lytham St Anne's | 1.1 km southeast of it | 42,693 | 33 |
After Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre
50 more lie within 15 km, 6 attractions, a theme park and a zoo among them.
AttractionBlackpool Tower4.5 km away2
Theme parkBlackpool Pleasure Beach1.8 km away3
AttractionAvalanche1.7 km away4
AttractionRevolution1.6 km away5
AttractionBig One1.6 km away6
AttractionInfusion1.8 km away7
AttractionBig Dipper1.8 km away8
ZooBlackpool Zoo4.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre in questions
Where is Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre?
Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre is in Blackpool, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre?
Visitor centre in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre?
June to September are the warmest months in Blackpool, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre?
Within 15 km: Blackpool Tower (4.5 km), Blackpool Pleasure Beach (1.8 km), Avalanche (1.7 km) and Revolution (1.6 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)
- Blackpool Tower: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Vuvar1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Avalanche: WillMcC at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Revolution: Stefan Scheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Big One: Vuvar1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Infusion: https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnthescone/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Big Dipper: Norms360, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackpool Zoo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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