The Hooton Park Hangars site is managed by The Hooton Park Trust (HPT), which was formed in 2000 with the aim of creating a Trust to oversee & manage the restoration of the remaining WW1 hangars on the former RAF airfield at Hooton Park, Cheshire. The long term aim is to provide a multifunctional site, as well as restoring the buildings & the site itself as valuable historic artefacts in their own right. The buildings will then provide the perfect environment for the projects & initiatives that are planned.
Much still remains of the Hooton Park airfield & its buildings. Three original, Belfast-trussed, hangars dominate the landscape, surrounded by the original access roads, taxiways & numerous outbuildings & offices, all steeped in the colourful history of this one-time Royal Air Force airbase.
Some of the runway also exists. All manner of aircraft types have operated from this aerodrome, for example Austers of the Army Air Training Corps, Supermarine Spitfires of 610 Sqdn, and, during the postwar years, classic jets such as Gloster Meteors, De Havilland Vampires, Venoms & much, much more.
There are numerous projects on-going at Hooton Park. Alongside the on-going restoration of the buildings themselves, associated groups & individuals are progressing with their own restoration projects.
Services
See our display of historic aircraft & other transport exhibits
We have a range of aircraft, cars, commercial vehicles, bicycles & even an old Chester tram for you to see – many in the process of restoration. Visit this working museum on one of our Open Days & get up close to amazing pieces of history & even talk to the people working on them.
Look around one of our restored hangars at a variety of aircraft, cars, trucks, bicycles & a tram & learn about the restoration work from the actual volunteers working on them!
Join our Air Raid Experience tour & see what it was like to be in a bomb shelter during an air raid!
Relax & treat yourself to a cuppa in ‘The Amy Johnson Tea Room’.
New! Visit our new ‘Print Museum’ – free tickets available at the desk.
Watch Virtual 3D recreations of Hooton Hall & Hangars.
See the radio-controlled models of the Ellesmere Port Model Boat Club.
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