Wings Museum
Wings Museum is an aviation museum. It is 1.7 km east of Handcross. Look also at Brantridge Park, 400 m away, first of 28 more within 15 km.
Museum near Handcross
Just outside Handcross
Wings Museum is 1.7 km east of Handcross. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
When to go
For warmth, aim for May to September (17–22°C highs in Handcross).
Wings Museum
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 1.7 km east of Handcross
- Official site
- wingsmuseum.co.uk
Wings Museum and what surrounds it
The places near Wings Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Wings Museum
Of these 6 towns, the largest is Crawley (120,567 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Handcross
Balcombe
Pease Pottage
Crawley
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Wings Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handcross | 1.7 km west of it | 1,399 | 8 |
| Balcombe | 2.2 km east of it | 1,445 | 10 |
| Pease Pottage | 2.7 km northwest of it | 1,688 | 7 |
| Crawley | 3.7 km north of it | 120,567 | 10 |
| Worth Abbey | 4.4 km northeast of it | 409 | 10 |
| Cuckfield | 4.9 km south of it | 3,767 | 6 |
Worth adding to a visit
Within 15 km you can add 4 gardens, a historic house and a heritage railway.
Historic houseBrantridge Park400 m away2
Garden · National TrustNT Nymans Gardens2.3 km away3
Garden · National TrustWakehurst5.4 km away4
Heritage railwayBluebell Railway9 km away5GardenGardenBorde Hill5.8 km away6
Abbey or priorySt. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster13 km away7ZooZooTilgate Zoo3.9 km away8
Garden · National TrustSheffield Park15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Wings Museum, answered
Where is Wings Museum?
Wings Museum is 1.7 km east of Handcross, West Sussex.
What is Wings Museum?
Aviation museum in Balcombe, West Sussex.
When is the best time to visit Wings Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Handcross, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Wings Museum?
Within 15 km: Brantridge Park (400 m), NT Nymans Gardens (2.3 km), Wakehurst (5.4 km) and Bluebell Railway (9 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)
- Wings Museum: Shazz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brantridge Park: CyberCop, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- NT Nymans Gardens: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wakehurst: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bluebell Railway: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster: Dave Spicer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheffield Park: Zeimusu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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