Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

Not your typical aircraft museum! I visited with a two other guys who were 30+ and it was a great visit. Really interesting volunteers all eager to talk about anything related to the aircraft, they ranged from a retired Vulcan pilot, retired ground crew to anoraks helping restore some of the planes! Virtually everything could be touched, played with, sat in so I think this would be a great place to take kids — although you’d need to keep a close eye on them as it is a little tricky scaling ladders and getting into some of the cockpits. I really puts a different view on many of the aircraft.
We also got to have a go in the Link trainer at the end of the visit which was a good fun and I assume gives you some idea of what it is like to fly (I’m not a pilot).
If you are an enthusiast of have kids I’d say it was a great way to spend a couple of hours if you are passing by!