Visitor information and COVID 19 safety

Visitor information and COVID 19 safety

The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is based on several acres of the old airfield of RAF East Kirkby.  By the very nature of the site there is a lot of open space outside and the main hangar is a spacious building with great air flow enabling us to open the Centre safely and with a friendly environment.

Visitor Numbers

Our site has a large capacity so there is no requirement to book a ticket in advance.  Our NHS app QR code will be available at the entrance for you to scan with your NHS app.

Car Parking

Our car park is free and we have a large car park for the permitted numbers on site during this period.  There is no booking required for the car park, just park up and make your way to the entrance.

How are we protecting you around the site?

Hand cleaning facilities

We have several hand sanitising stations around the site.  While on site we would encourage you to wash and sanitise your hands at all given opportunities both for your safety and others around you.

The NAAFI

We have sneeze screens at our customer/staff interaction points and we request that those that can wear face coverings do so.

We have the facility take card payments at all of our tills so we would request that you use contactless card payments as much as possible.

We do have catering facilities open offering hot and cold drinks and pre-packaged food to allow you to eat anywhere outside on the site or in our Cafe. 

There is seating inside the NAAFI but there is also plenty of outdoor seating available.

Hangar

The hangar is a large area and well ventilated due to the large open doors

Billet Hut and Briefing hut

These will be open but due to their size we will be a restricting access to one household at a time.

Home Front

This building has a stairways so please give way to traffic coming down stairs.

Memorial Chapel

This building is open as normal


Control Tower

The Control Tower is open as normal but it also has a narrow stairway so please give way to traffic coming down the stairs.


Escape museum

There will be a one-way system with entry through the main door and exit through the emergency door.


Radio room

The Radio Room is open as normal.

Heinkel/Air Gunners building

There will be a one-way system in place as normal


Hampden/Early Bombers

This building is open as normal.

Wellington shed

This building is open as normal


Toilets

All of the toilet blocks will remain open with social distancing in force and regular cleaning.  We would ask you to wash or sanitise your hands before and after the use of the facilities.