Aviation Museums

and airworthy collections

UK

Croydon Airport Visitor Centre

Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon CR0 0XZ

Date of visit: 06th December 2020

Opened in 2000, the Croydon Airport Visitor Centre is a volunteer led micro museum featuring interactive displays, exhibits and visual images charting the history of Croydon Airport as a World War I airfield, London’s international airport, Battle of Britain airfield and closure in 1959. Some of the displays are located in the world’s oldest Air Traffic Control Tower.

Entrance

de Havilland DH114 Heron

Displayed as G-AXOL to represent the final service operated out of Croydon Airport in 1959 by a de Havilland DH114 Heron 1B to Rotterdam piloted by Captain Geoffrey Last. Aircraft is actually de Havilland DH114 Heron 2D G-ANUO

Control Tower

Models

G-AAXC - Handley Page HP42W Western RC Model
G-AAXC - Handley Page HP42W Western RC Model
G-AGLF AVRO 691 Lancastrian C MK1
G-EAXU SE5A
G-EARI DH18
G-ACSP DH88 Comet
G-ADSR AW27 Ensign 1
G-ABXY DH80A Puss Moth
G-EAPJ HP W8
G-EAAE HP12
G-ABPI AW15 Atalanta
G-ACBR Westland Wallace

Interior displays / features

Wall mural / World Clock display
Painting: G-EBBT DH34
Amy Johnson display quote

Imperial Airways
Seating display
Handley Page HP42 Propeller
Terminal Dome

External

Rear: Control Tower / Gate to Aircraft
Front Entrance
Front Facade
London Croydon Aerodrome Hotel