Museums & Galleries · Cambridge
Bottisham Airfield Museum
📍 CB25 9BU
Photo: Anthony Parkes (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Museum dedicated to RAF, USAAF and Belgian Air Forces history
- Housed in the last original airfield buildings remaining
- Reconstructed Nissen Hut on its original wartime site
- Helicopter pleasure flight events held at the airfield
- Flying Tractor Café serving visitors on site
Bottisham Airfield Museum, in Bottisham, East Cambridgeshire, tells the story of the wartime airfield that once stood here, home to the RAF, the United States 8th Army Air Force and Belgian Air Forces. It's billed as the only UK museum dedicated to these three forces, and it occupies the last original airfield buildings left within the site's wartime perimeter, including a reconstructed Nissen Hut. You can explore exhibits on the airfield's history, the local Home Guard and the Home Front, then relax at the on-site Flying Tractor Café. It suits visitors interested in military and local history, and the museum is open Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. For a longer stay in the area, BritStays lists 14 bookable places to stay within 5 miles, with Waterbeach station 4.3 miles away for onward travel.
Practical details
- Open
- Wednesdays and Sundays, 10:30am–4:00pm
- Dogs
- Well behaved dogs are welcome
- Time needed
- Allow at least a few hours to see everything
From the attraction's own website on 8 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Cafe
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- Waterbeach 4.3 miles
- Dullingham 4.4 miles
- Cambridge North 4.5 miles
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