Museums & Galleries · Norwich
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
📍 NR35 1NZ
Photo: Ashley Dace (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- 66 aircraft and cockpits plus 30,000 smaller artefacts on display
- Themed buildings cover Bomber Command, Air-Sea Rescue and USAAF history
- Raised boardwalk through willow plantation to the river
- Hands-on activities for children and a WWII simulator flight
- NAAFI snack area serves cakes, scones and hot drinks
This volunteer-run aviation museum in Flixton tells the story of wartime airfields and East Anglian flying history through a large collection of aircraft, cockpits and tens of thousands of smaller artefacts, displayed across themed hangars covering Bomber Command, Air-Sea Rescue, the Royal Observer Corps and the 446th Bomb Group USAAF. You can wander interlinked hangars, try hands-on activities with children, and walk the raised Adair boardwalk to the river through a willow plantation. It suits families and aviation enthusiasts alike, with level access throughout, on-site parking, a snack-only NAAFI, and dogs welcome on leads. Set in the quiet Waveney Valley, it makes a pleasant day out if you're staying nearby — there are 21 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays, plus a beach at Falcon Meadow just 2.4 miles away.
Practical details
- Open
- Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm
- Time needed
- Expect at least a couple of hours
- Parking
- On-site car parking spaces, with disabled bays
- Dogs
- Allowed on-site and in most buildings, on a lead
- Accessibility
- Single-level buildings; wheelchairs available to borrow
From the attraction's own website on 17 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Gift Shop
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Make a proper break of it — these stays are all within 25 miles.
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Three Ash Cottage
🏖️ 1.38 miles from Falcon Meadow, River Waveney
Beccles, East Anglia
Sleeps 4
£337 per break
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2.3 mi
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Outney Meadow Caravan Park
✓ Riverside setting on the River Waveney with fishing and canoeing
🏖️ 0.52 miles from Falcon Meadow, River Waveney
Norwich
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Swallows Nest
🏖️ 2.85 miles from Falcon Meadow, River Waveney
Halesworth, East Anglia
Sleeps 4
£487 per break
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3.7 mi
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- Brampton (Suffolk) 6.7 miles
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