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On This Day...
On 24th March 1935, the Avro 652A Anson prototype K4771 took off from Woodford for its maiden flight.

Avro Heritage Museum
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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Temporary Closure
The Avro Heritage Museum near Stockport, Cheshire, is temporarily closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

Avro Heritage Museum
Mar 19, 20202 min read
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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....

Avro Heritage Museum
Feb 13, 20201 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Feb 11, 20201 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Feb 9, 20201 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Oct 24, 20191 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Oct 24, 20191 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Oct 13, 20191 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Aug 30, 20191 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Jul 18, 20191 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Feb 19, 20191 min read
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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...

Avro Heritage Museum
Dec 12, 20181 min read
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