Shoreham Aircraft Museum

Nestled in the heart of Shoreham Village near Sevenoaks, Kent, the volunteer-run Shoreham Aircraft Museum commemorates the airmen of the Battle of Britain and the wider air war over southern England.

Housed in a converted High Street building, its galleries display hundreds of aviation relics excavated over 45 years by the Shoreham Aircraft Preservation Society.

Engines and propellers from Spitfires and Hurricanes sit alongside fuselage panels from Bf 109s and FW 190s, while personal letters, photographs and eye-witness accounts bring the human stories vividly to life.

Facilities include:

• Seasonal opening (Easter to Remembrance Sunday) every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday
• On-site Tearoom serving homemade cakes and light refreshments, open year-round
• Extensive garden seating and memorial stones to local Battle of Britain pilots
• Free car parking at Filston Lane (3-minute walk)
• Disabled access to the ground-floor displays and WC facilities
• Optional volunteer-led guided tours by arrangement
• Souvenir shop with books, prints and scale models

Special exhibits feature:

• A comprehensive collection of crashed RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft components
• Flying helmets, uniforms and pilot insignia
• Home Front memorabilia and civil-defence posters
• A gallery of original prints by aviation artist Geoff Nutkins
• Crash-site memorial stones installed across Kent

Photo credit: Will Russell