Avro Heritage Museum
On This Day...
On 24th March 1935, the Avro 652A Anson prototype K4771 took off from Woodford for its maiden flight.
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min
Temporary Closure
The Avro Heritage Museum near Stockport, Cheshire, is temporarily closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Feb 13, 2020
- 1 min
Ton up for Lancaster Veteran!
Wartime hero Sqn Ldr (Ret'd) William 'Geoff' Green DFC recently celebrated his 100th birthday with members of RAF Leeming's 100 Squadron....
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
Vulcan XM603 storm damage update
The maintenance team did an excellent job repairing the storm damage to our Vulcan today. A detailed examination revealed that the damage...
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Feb 9, 2020
- 1 min
Storm Ciara collides with Vulcan XM603
Sadly our beloved Vulcan, XM603, took a bit of a battering by Storm Ciara on Sunday 9th February 2020. The elevons were in a poor state...
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Oct 24, 2019
- 1 min
Winter Opening Hours Begin
Please note that our winter opening hours come into effect when the clocks go back. From Sunday 27th October the Museum's opening hours...
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Oct 24, 2019
- 1 min
New route to the Museum
Please note that there is now a new route to the Museum. The turning to the right to access the former airfield is now further into the...
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Oct 13, 2019
- 1 min
Chadderton 80th Anniversary Celebrations
The Avro Heritage Museum marked the 80th Anniversary of the opening of the Avro production factory at Greengate, Chadderton, Oldham on...
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Aug 30, 2019
- 1 min
Heritage Open Day
Thanks to all who came despite a suspect weather forecast. A fabulous day was had by all and we had somewhere more than 500 visitors. For...
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Jul 18, 2019
- 1 min
Route to Museum changes
From Thursday 18th July access to the Museum has changed again. A new route has been created via the first phase of the Woodford Garden...
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Feb 19, 2019
- 1 min
Roe I Triplane now on display
The Triplane arrived at the Museum a few weeks ago but has now been taken out of storage and the fuselage is displayed in the Museum Main...
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Avro Heritage Museum
- Dec 12, 2018
- 1 min
XM603 Nose Job
As most readers will know XM603 has been at Woodford since the 80s, she was refurbished externally a couple of years ago to her current...
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