Museum · Minster (Thanet) · Kent

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum is a military museum. It stands inside Minster (Thanet)’s built-up area. Around it, within 15 km, lie 43 more places, Dreamland Margate (4.4 km) first on our list.

Photo: Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum, Julian P Guffogg (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Minster (Thanet)

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 49%

#4,147 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 20–23°C

In brief

Museum in Minster (Thanet)

Inside Minster (Thanet)

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum is inside Minster (Thanet)’s built-up area, with 14 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

A month-by-month guide

If warmth matters, go June to September: Minster (Thanet) reaches 20–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°52 mm

Feb8° / 2°41 mm

Mar11° / 4°37 mm

Apr14° / 5°38 mm

May17° / 8°48 mm

Jun20° / 11°47 mm

Jul23° / 13°48 mm

Aug23° / 14°50 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°73 mm

Nov11° / 6°69 mm

Dec9° / 3°63 mm

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

About

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum

Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Minster (Thanet)
Official site: spitfiremuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Locating Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum

Orange is Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

The largest of the 6 towns is Margate, with 63,315 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Minster (Thanet)

4,739 people · 30 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km north of it

Margate

63,315 people · 28 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km east of it

Ramsgate

42,031 people · 26 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km southeast of it

Cliffs End

1,284 people · 22 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum is	People	Places to visit
Minster (Thanet)	It’s in town	4,739	30
Margate	1.8 km north of it	63,315	28
Ramsgate	2.1 km east of it	42,031	26
Cliffs End	2.3 km southeast of it	1,284	22
Broadstairs	2.8 km east of it	25,780	25
Monkton	3.9 km west of it	753	6

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

3 museums, a theme park and a historic house are among the 43 within 15 km.

Theme parkDreamland Margate4.4 km away 2

MuseumRAF Manston Museum100 m away 3

Historic houseQuex Park2.7 km away 4

MuseumCervia5.4 km away 5

Abbey or prioryMinster in Thanet Priory3 km away 6

MuseumPowell-Cotton Museum3.1 km away 7

CastleSandown Castle13 km away 8

AttractionThe Scenic Railway4.3 km away

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

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum: what to know

Where is Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum?

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum is in Minster (Thanet), Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum?

Military museum in Manston, Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Minster (Thanet), with afternoon highs of 20–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum?

Within 15 km: Dreamland Margate (4.4 km), RAF Manston Museum (100 m), Quex Park (2.7 km) and Cervia (5.4 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)

Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum: Julian P Guffogg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dreamland Margate: Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
RAF Manston Museum: Phillip Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Quex Park: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cervia: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Minster in Thanet Priory: Fred C. Palmer (died 1936-1939), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Powell-Cotton Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sandown Castle: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Scenic Railway: Peet13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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