National Museum of Flight
Scotland's aviation museum on a Second World War airfield at East Fortune, with more than 50 aircraft, Concorde among them.
On the airfield at East Fortune, in the East Lothian countryside near North Berwick, the National Museum of Flight fills the hangars of an old airfield with Scotland's national collection of aircraft.
The airfield itself is one of the best preserved of the Second World War in Britain.
The star is Concorde. For almost thirty years, anyone who could afford the ticket could cross the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound, and here you can walk beneath the great white delta wing. Around it are more than fifty other aircraft, from light planes to fast jets, a Red Arrows Hawk among them, with cockpits to peer into and hangars full of the story of flight in war and peace.
There are talks in the conservation hangar, relaxed mornings for a quieter visit, and science shows and activities in the school holidays. It opens every day through the summer and at weekends in winter.
Open April to October daily 10am to 5pm; November to March weekends only, 10am to 4pm.
Tickets from £15.
- Where
- East Fortune Airfield, EH39 5LF.
- Aircraft
- Over 50.
- Star
- Concorde.
At East Fortune Airfield, near North Berwick, EH39 5LF.
Places to stay near the museum, and when each is next free.
Maybell Cottage- Sleeps 2
- In Lothian
- 15 miles from the National Museum of Flight
The Old Stable- Sleeps 2
- In Lothian
- 15 miles from the National Museum of Flight
The Crow’s Nest- Sleeps 5
- In Lothian
- 15 miles from the National Museum of Flight
Fifies- Sleeps 2
- In Lothian
- 15 miles from the National Museum of Flight
Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.
For further reading, before you go.