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Midland Air Museum

Stonehouse Estate · 12 miles

Aviation enthusiasts can explore a collection of historic aircraft and engines at a museum located just beyond the village of Baginton in Warwickshire, alongside Coventry Airport and close to the Stonehouse Estate settlement. The site incorporates the Sir Frank Whittle Jet Heritage Centre, named for the local pioneer of jet propulsion, and presents its displays inside a spacious hangar. A smaller hangar and a fenced green plot also accommodate additional aircraft displayed outdoors. Among the larger pieces on view are an Avro Vulcan B.2, formerly part of the United Kingdom’s V-bomber fleet, and an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy AW.650 series 101. Near the museum’s car park the Vulcan is accompanied by an Avro Blue Steel missile and a Boulton Paul BP.111A, an experimental delta-winged aircraft from the 1950s. The collection further includes an English Electric Canberra PR.3, two English Electric Lightnings, a pair of Gloster Meteors—one on loan from the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands—a Sea Hawk FGA.6, a Mil Mi-24 helicopter and a range of other types. An engine exhibition highlights Frank Whittle’s contributions and showcases piston units such as the Alvis Leonides and Rolls-Royce Griffon, gas-turbine models including the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire and Rolls-Royce Avon, and rocket engines like the Bristol Siddeley BS.605. Admission to the museum requires a fee. Visitors reach the venue via the surrounding road network serving Baginton and the adjacent airport, with the nearest town identified as Stonehouse Estate. The layout allows indoor viewing in the main hangar and outdoor appreciation within the fenced area.

Tripontium Roman Station

Shawell · 1.9 miles

approximate outline of the Tripontium Roman Station, as shown on the Historic England National Heritage Listing of 'Scheduled Monuments' number 1005759.

Mill Park (Long Buckby Nature Reserve)

Long Buckby · 11 miles

Also known as the 'Pocket Park'. This site was once used as a dumping ground, and was converted to a nature reserve by local volunteers around the year 2000.

Foxton Locks

Foxton · 11 miles

10 canal locks in two flights on the historic Grand Union Canal. Still functioning and used by leisure craft.

Foxton Inclined Plane

Foxton · 11 miles

A system for raising boats between water levels without using locks.

Cotesbach Educational Trust

Cotesbach · 0.1 miles