The Helicopter Museum
The Helicopter Museum is an aviation museum. It stands 500 m northwest of Locking. Running it is The Helicopter Museum.
Museum near Locking
Just outside Locking
The Helicopter Museum is 500 m northwest of Locking. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The seasons here
In Locking, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–22°C.
The Helicopter Museum
Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia. A short trip away is Grand Pier Main Pavilion, 4 km off, the first of 33 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- The Helicopter Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 500 m northwest of Locking
- Official site
- helimuseum.com
Locating The Helicopter Museum
The numbers show what else is near The Helicopter Museum, in the order listed below.
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Towns within reach of The Helicopter Museum
The most populous of the 7 is Weston-super-Mare, at 84,600. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Locking
Weston-super-Mare
Hutton
West Wick
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where The Helicopter Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locking | 500 m southeast of it | 3,819 | 18 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 600 m northwest of it | 84,600 | 22 |
| Hutton | 1.2 km south of it | 1,686 | 17 |
| West Wick | 2.1 km northeast of it | 2,425 | 15 |
| Kewstoke | 3.2 km northwest of it | 1,609 | 12 |
| Bleadon | 3.3 km south of it | 541 | 14 |
| Banwell | 3.6 km east of it | 2,178 | 15 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
More near The Helicopter Museum
Of the 33 within 15 km, look for 2 castles, 2 museums and a theme park.
Theme parkGrand Pier Main Pavilion4 km away2
AttractionGough's Cave13 km away3
CastleCastle Batch3.4 km away4
PierBirnbeck Pier4.8 km away5
CastleBanwell Castle5.2 km away6MuseumMuseumLambretta Museum3.2 km away7
MuseumWeston Museum3.3 km away8
Historic house · National TrustClevedon Court13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit The Helicopter Museum
Where is The Helicopter Museum?
The Helicopter Museum is 500 m northwest of Locking, Somerset.
What is The Helicopter Museum?
Aviation museum in Somerset, United Kingdom.
Who runs The Helicopter Museum?
The Helicopter Museum.
When is the best time to visit The Helicopter Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Locking, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Helicopter Museum?
Within 15 km: Grand Pier Main Pavilion (4 km), Gough's Cave (13 km), Castle Batch (3.4 km) and Birnbeck Pier (4.8 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)
- The Helicopter Museum: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grand Pier Main Pavilion: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gough's Cave: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Batch: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Birnbeck Pier: me'nthedogs (Mark Robinson), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Banwell Castle: This file was derived from: Banwell Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1126175.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weston Museum: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clevedon Court: Arthur266, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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