South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum

Absolutely amazing day with the kids ANDits dog friendly!! Obviously there not allowed in the cockpits and under the planes but they are allowed in all the buildings there is two floors main hanger and multiple other building to view it’s great thanks #Doncaster #Doncasterairmuseum #dogfriendly #Donny #fundayout #fantastic

We were surprised at at just how much there was to see and do here. It's in a tucked away location and although we have lived in the area for years, we didn't know it was there! It's a fab place and the grandchildren loved it. We will certainly be visiting again.

If you like air museums the SYAM is well worth a visit. It's easy enough to find in Doncaster and there is ample car parking. It's an intriguing collection housing only few complete aircraft, but they have a great assortment of aircraft cockpits, and if you time your visit to an "open cockpit day" like today, you can climb aboard and experience what it was like to sit in an actual cockpit. You have to be quite nimble though because some are a tight squeeze. I climbed aboard quite a few cockpits including both a Vulcan and, a Canberra bomber, as well as a Harrier jump-jet, a Buccaneer, a Vampire, a Jet Provost, a Gloucester Meteorand a Chipmunk trainer. There are several helicopters on display, I didn't go aboard any of those. All in all it was a great experience, and I certainly would visit the SYAM again.

Disclaimer. One of my big interests is aviation history, especially the RAF and Navy. So my opinion may be slightly biased. This Museum is absolutely full of exhibits and displays that will delight anyone with an interest in aviation. I didn't give it nearly enough time as there is so much to see. There are loads of different aircraft in the hangar and outside too, with so much interesting history to explore and discover. There's a little shop with models you can buy, and a cafe too. I can't recommend this place highly enough.

Well I wasn't expecting that. Much much bigger than I thought. Lots of old aircraft both indoor and outdoors, so good place to visit what ever the weather. If you like war, local or aviation history you could spend hours here. Excellent well thought through layout. All the aircraft are fully explained with their history. Displays covering numerous topics from WW1 and 2 the Falklands etc. Excellent display on how the blitz effected Doncaster and Sheffield and local areas. Model planes, uniforms guns, aircraft engines the list goes on. Very impressed and will probably go back as we took the grandkids so no time to read the "that's boring grandad" stuff that I was interested in. Go you won't regret it.