📌 Athelstaneford, East Lothian
★★★★
Scotland’s national aviation museum is found in the east of the country at East Fortune airfield, close to East Linton in East Lothian – are you sensing a pattern here? The airfield used to be a major military base and even served as Edinburgh‘s main airport for a short period in the 1960s. Today it’s one of the UK’s biggest attractions of its type, with four large hangers and several smaller buildings contain dozens of aircraft; the star of the show is the magnificent Concorde in Hangar 4. Don’t miss the countless smaller exhibits, including the interactive Fantastic Flight gallery, explaining the fundamentals of getting objects into the air.
🌍 Location
📌 Off the B1347 1 mi northeast of Athelstaneford
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 553783
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.995943,-2.717082
🚌 Bus to museum
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
⌚ Daily, late March to October; weekends, November to late March
🎫 £14.50 adult / £9.50 child – discount for booking online in advance
