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de Havilland Aircraft Museum

351 Reviews

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Closed Now: 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Salisbury Hall, London Colney, St. Albans AL2 1BU, England

Open today: 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM

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“Great little museum includes the prototype Mosquito.”

Stunning little museum dedicated to de Havilland the only place to see the prototype Mosquito and... read more

Reviewed yesterday

Ian S

Luton, United Kingdom

“Excellent visit to a fantastic museum”

We visited the museum today with our 14 year old son. What a fantastic museum. Lots of dehavilland... read more

Reviewed 3 days ago

stampeeus

Hatfield

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The UK’s oldest aviation museum dedicated to the preservation of the de Havilland aviation heritage.

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Hours Today: 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM

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Suggested duration: 2-3 hours

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Salisbury Hall, London Colney, St. Albans AL2 1BU, England

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Ian S

Luton, United Kingdom

398

Reviewed yesterday

Great little museum includes the prototype Mosquito.

Stunning little museum dedicated to de Havilland the only place to see the prototype Mosquito and other Dh aircraft .

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank Ian S

Thanks for the positive review,Ian.We look forward to your next visit.

stampeeus

Hatfield

114

Reviewed 3 days ago via mobile

Excellent visit to a fantastic museum

We visited the museum today with our 14 year old son. What a fantastic museum. Lots of dehavilland aircraft to see and explore. There were lots of volunteers around to answer our questions. They were happy to show us around the aircrafts. We look forward...More

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank stampeeus

Thank you for taking the time to write a review of our museum.Our volunteers and staff much appreciate your comments.We look forward to welcoming you and your grandparents soon.

Johncurd

West Byfleet, United Kingdom

155

Reviewed 1 week ago

Grandson day out.

A lot going on here wth a new hangar being built, and lots of maintenance of aircraft going on. Volunteeers very friendly and helpful, with lots of useful informaton. Well worth a visit, and will go again.

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank Johncurd

Thanks John,for writing a review of our museum.indeed the new hangar and other works will create a different and exciting museum for the 21st century. We look forward to your return visit.

David G

Cambridge, United Kingdom

218

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Well worth visiting

Visited with my 85 year old, ex-RAF father. Found it easy to get around and dad insisted on climbing steps into various aircraft! Really interesting exhibits, excellent stewards and helpful information ‘boards’. Catering was limited but not a problem. Very enjoyable couple of hours. Well...More

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank David G

Thank you,David,for taking the time to write a review on your visit to the de Havilland Aircraft Museum.Your comments are greatly appreciated and our volunteers and staff are working hard to improve the visitor experience.With your support and many others our museum will continue to...More

mooge1

Swindon, United Kingdom

238

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Great museum

Very warm welcome to this museum, my husband and his friend spent a happy hour looking at the many various exhibits and planes, everyone you spoke to very friendly and knowledgeable, including the lady doing the gardening ( all volunteers) A special mention for the...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank mooge1

Thank you for taking the time to write a review of our museum.All our volunteers will ap-preciate your views and we pride ourselves on being one of the few aviation museums where we encourage our volunteers and staff to engage with our visitors. I hope...More

daisy1312potter

Hampshire

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

FULL OF HISTORY

It was one of my husbands dreams to go to the de HAVILLAND aircraft museum. We have made it and he was not disappointed. The museum was full of history all about the aircraft and the people that flyer in them. The volunteers were nice...More

Date of experience: March 2019

1 Thank daisy1312potter

Thank you Daisy for taking the time to write about our Museum-it's much appreciated and we look forward to your next visit when the New Hangar is open early in 2020-you will not be dissapointed .

Adventurer806515

Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

Now this you have to see!

as soon as you walk in you get a warm greeting welcome, and a small talk about the museum, not many exhibits but what is there is simply AMAZING!! they helped tick off another aircraft cockpit off my bucket list as I was able to...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank Adventurer806515

Thank you for visiting our museum and your support.we are indeed fortunate to have three de Havilland Mosquitos including the iconic prototype.Its the only WWII aircraft protototype on display in the UK where it was designed and built at Salisbury Hall.We have several de Havilland...More

Vanessa W

Guildford, United Kingdom

96102

Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Aeronautical heaven!

What a wonderful afternoon out we had at this museum! It was my husband's dream to see a DH Mosquito ... and there were 3 ... including the No. 1 prototype. It's also possible to go inside a Comet airliner, which is a real time...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank Vanessa W

Dear Vanessa Thanks for your review and support.Our volunteers and staff are passionate in preserving the de Havilland heritage for all present and future generations. As you may have seen we are developing the Museum to improve the visitor experience so please come back next...More

snapdecisions

Ipswich, United Kingdom

301190

Reviewed March 3, 2019

Valiant efforts by dedicated staff and volunteers

It is a fairly limited museum with a number of aircraft or segments of aircraft in varying states of repair and restoration. Without a doubt the volunteers do a fantastic job in renovation and presenting what they have got. It is fairly limited in interest...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank snapdecisions

Thank you for your review of our museum-its much appreciated by all our volunteers and staff.I'm not sure when you visited but we have been granted a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to develop the museum. The first phase is complete with new drainage and a...More

Simon_not_in_London

Harpenden, United Kingdom

3215

Reviewed February 12, 2019

Classic British Museum - brilliant half-day out!

Disneyworld, this ain't.....BUT if you're looking for a completely interactive (i.e. you can actually get on most of the aircraft) museum run by passionate volunteers then this is spot on. Myself and my two kids didn't know much about de Havilland aircraft but we had...More

Date of experience: November 2018

Thank Simon_not_in_London

Hi Simon Thank you for taking the time to write a few words about our Museum.It's really appreciated by all our volunteers and staff. The museum opens this month and we look forward to seeing you again.

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MichaelJohnMichael

Was told the café facilities are very limited. Is this still the case?

May 12, 2018|

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Yes, I am afraid so,

Hoffy880

Are you aloud to sit in the planes if so how many

January 23, 2018|

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Yes you can sit in most of the air crafts. But I did not record the number. Sorry for late response just opened my Trip Advisor account.

Hoffy880

Are you aloud to set in the planes if so how many

January 23, 2018|

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Yes - it is possible to sit in the cockpit of some of the aircraft and go into the cabins of some of the commercial jets. The whole site is very user- and child-friendly. There is a good café.

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