Vickers VC-10
You can find Vickers VC-10, a historic site, in Heathfield. Nearby, 17 more places to visit are within 5 km. A drive of 100 m reaches IWM Duxford.
Historic site in Heathfield
Inside Heathfield
Vickers VC-10 is inside Heathfield’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.
Weather through the year
Warm weather in Heathfield runs May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.
Vickers VC-10
Historic site.
In Heathfield, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Historic site
- Town
- in Heathfield
Getting to Vickers VC-10
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Vickers VC-10 is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Heathfield’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
Largest of the 8 is Sawston, home to 7,270. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
Heathfield
Duxford
Whittlesford
Thriplow
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Vickers VC-10 is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathfield | It’s in town | 668 | 18 |
| Duxford | 1.6 km east of it | 2,216 | 18 |
| Whittlesford | 1.9 km northeast of it | 1,608 | 18 |
| Thriplow | 1.9 km west of it | 462 | 18 |
| Fowlmere | 3.2 km west of it | 1,295 | 17 |
| Sawston | 3.3 km northeast of it | 7,270 | 18 |
| Hinxton | 3.4 km east of it | 330 | 18 |
| Ickleton | 3.7 km southeast of it | 748 | 17 |
More near Vickers VC-10
Among the 62 within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 castles and a historic house.
MuseumIWM Duxford100 m away · 401K visitors a year (2019)2MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum12 km away · 364K visitors a year3
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House10 km away4
MuseumMuseum of Zoology12 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)5
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden11 km away6
MuseumAirborne Assault700 m away7
CastleSaffron Walden Castle11 km away8
CastleCambridge Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Vickers VC-10
Where is Vickers VC-10?
Vickers VC-10 is in Heathfield, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Vickers VC-10?
Historic site.
When is the best time to visit Vickers VC-10?
May to September are the warmest months in Heathfield, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Vickers VC-10?
Within 15 km: IWM Duxford (100 m), Fitzwilliam Museum (12 km), Audley End House (10 km) and Museum of Zoology (12 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 (7)
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Airborne Assault: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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