{"id":11736,"date":"2017-05-07T13:57:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=11736"},"modified":"2025-03-26T20:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:51:56","slug":"croydon-airport-visitor-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/croydon-airport-visitor-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Croydon Airport Visitor Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Croydon Airport Visitor Centre<\/strong> is a micro-museum dedicated to preserving the history of London&#8217;s first major international airport, which played a pivotal role in the development of global air travel in the early 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Croydon Airport Visitor Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airport House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purley Way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Croydon, <span class=\"_Xbe\">CR0 0XZ<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/30\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historiccroydonairport.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.historiccroydonairport.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@historiccroydonairport.org.uk\">info@historiccroydonairport.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+44 7526 996454<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Sunday of the month throughout the year (with the exception of New Years Day) 11:00- 16:00 with last entry at 15:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free admission Donations for running costs are gratefully received<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Croydon-Airport-155469954622903\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-922 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CroydonAirport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1512 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/twitter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1512\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d67082.00789714535!2d-0.17346002137436395!3d51.35581786308502!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x48760767f469f26b%3A0xbe119c38efd16c0b!2sCroydon+Airport+Visitor+Centre!5e0!3m2!1snl!2snl!4v1494157103328\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/croydon-airport-visitor-centre\/de-havilland-dh-114-heron-1b-g-aoxl\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/de-Havilland-DH.114-Heron-1B-G-AOXL.jpg\" alt=\"de Havilland DH.114 Heron 1B G-AOXL\" class=\"wp-image-11737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/de-Havilland-DH.114-Heron-1B-G-AOXL.jpg 561w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/de-Havilland-DH.114-Heron-1B-G-AOXL-240x154.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/de-Havilland-DH.114-Heron-1B-G-AOXL-420x270.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>G-AOXL<\/td><td>d<span class=\"st\">e Havilland DH.114 Heron 1B<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aircraft is in front of <strong>Croydon Airport Visitor Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exhibition space includes displays located in the world\u2019s oldest Air Traffic Control Tower in Airport House. 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