Brooklands Museum

The museum

Brooklands combines the history of British motor racing and aircraft manufacture on the former racing circuit and aviation production grounds.

Brooklands combines the history of British motor racing and aircraft manufacture on the former racing circuit and aviation production grounds. Visitors encounter Concorde, a Wellington bomber, the Aircraft Factory, Flight Shed and historic postwar aircraft in the outdoor Aircraft Park.

Brooklands links aviation history to the ground where aircraft were designed, assembled and flown. The Flight Shed includes fighters associated with Hawker, from the Hurricane to the Harrier, while the Aircraft Park explores the evolution of Vickers and BAC postwar airliners. Reconstructed early aircraft tell the story of the site's Edwardian flying experiments, and whole surviving aircraft sit beside cockpit sections, simulators and engineering exhibits. The surviving Wellington, recovered from Loch Ness, and the museum's Concorde prototype deserve separate attention; neither should disappear into a generic list of aircraft types.