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Solent Sky

Solent Sky is an aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire. Top of the 56 other places within 15 km is Southampton Castle, 900 m off. Articles on it exist in 3 languages.

Photo: Solent Sky, Nimbus227 (Public domain)

Where

In Southampton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Southampton

Inside Southampton

Solent Sky is inside Southampton’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.

When to go

Seasons in Southampton

Warm weather in Southampton runs May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.

Jan9° / 3°95 mm

Feb9° / 3°67 mm

Mar12° / 4°57 mm

Apr15° / 6°57 mm

May18° / 9°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°55 mm

Jul23° / 13°51 mm

Aug23° / 13°63 mm

Sep20° / 11°66 mm

Oct16° / 9°95 mm

Nov12° / 5°102 mm

Dec9° / 3°95 mm

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

About

Solent Sky

Aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Southampton
Official site: solentsky.org

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

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Its place on the map

Solent Sky is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The largest of the 7 towns is Southampton, with 249,633 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Southampton

249,633 people · 31 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km west of it

Marchwood

5,776 people · 22 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km south of it

Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

19,857 people · 23 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Netley

6,309 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Solent Sky is	People	Places to visit
Southampton	It’s in town	249,633	31
Marchwood	1.9 km west of it	5,776	22
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu	2.4 km south of it	19,857	23
Netley	2.9 km southeast of it	6,309	20
West End	4.2 km northeast of it	10,865	20
Bursledon	4.5 km east of it	8,072	10
Hamble-le-Rice	4.8 km southeast of it	4,613	10

Make a day of it

Around Solent Sky

Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, 2 castles and an art gallery.

CastleSouthampton Castle900 m away 2

Museum · English HeritageMedieval Merchants House900 m away 3

CastleNetley Castle3.2 km away 4

Art gallerySouthampton City Art Gallery1.5 km away 5

MuseumSeaCity Museum1.5 km away 6

MuseumTudor House Museum900 m away 7

Big drawTheme parkPaultons Park13 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2019)8

MuseumNational Motor Museum9.3 km away

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

What people ask about Solent Sky

Where is Solent Sky?

Solent Sky is in Southampton, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Solent Sky?

Aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Solent Sky?

May to September are the warmest months in Southampton, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Solent Sky?

Within 15 km: Southampton Castle (900 m), Medieval Merchants House (900 m), Netley Castle (3.2 km) and Southampton City Art Gallery (1.5 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)

Solent Sky: Nimbus227, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton Castle: John Speed, 17th century artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Medieval Merchants House: Tim Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Netley Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton City Art Gallery: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
SeaCity Museum: hahnchen at Wikimedia Commons (must include link if medium allows), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tudor House Museum: Peter Trimming from Croydon, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Paultons Park: Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Motor Museum: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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