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Flambards Experience
(An Unofficial Guide)

What's Here:

This huge holiday theme park is located close to RNAS Culdrose. Centered on a recreation of a Victorian village, a number of other attractions can be found here include a Blitzed wartime street in Britain, a science centre and a small collection of aircraft. Formerly known as the Cornwall Aero Park, the aircraft collection here has been mostly gathered from local Fleet Air Arm bases. Views of operations at nearby RNAS Culdrose can be easily obtained.

Location:

Signed off the A3083 Helston to Lizard road, south of Helston, alongside RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall. See this location on Microsoft Live Search Maps

Opening Hours:

Open most days Easter to the end of October, from 10.00 am. Closing times vary. Check official website for details.

Admission:

See official website.

Amenities:

Toilets, Parking, Cafe, Shops, Rides, Exhibitions, Live entertainment, Children's adventure playground, Gardens, Access for the disabled.

Contacts:

Flambards Experience, Clodgey Lane, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 0GA. Tel: 0845 6018684 or 01326 573404, e-mail: info@flambards.co.uk, website: Flambards Experience.


List of Aircraft Exhibits:

IdentityType (Real Identity)
WG511Avro Shackleton T.4 (nose)
-Cushioncraft CC.7 hovercraft
XG831Fairey Gannet ECM.6
XS887Westland Wessex HAS.1
G-BDDXWhittaker MW-2B Excalibur

Notes: Sea Hawk XE368 and Sea Prince WF122 have moved to Bruntingthorpe. Whirlwind XA870 has moved to AeroVenture.


Any photographs illustrating this museum would be welcome.

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First Created: 29 September 2001 - Last Revised: 2 April 2006
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