A hidden gem on the site of the original Croydon Airport terminal building and air traffic control tower (the world's first!). Advanced reservations are required via website as it's only open one Sunday per month - all visitors join volunteer-guided groups. Highly recommended. More

Def recommend visiting the museum in an open day. It was a brilliant tour, great experience. The staff were friendly, nice and knew everything about aviation in that era. Was an awesome way to see how far we've come in 90 years of flying. More

This local gem has great volunteers and interesting history (such As being the world’s first control tower and carrying almost half of the UK’s air passengers in 1935). The tour, photos, and signage do give an interesting view as to what it

Attended the February open day. You're taken round by a guide. Allow around 1.5 h. Interesting for anyone into historical aviation or architecture. Control tower is the main attraction. There is a stand as you go in selling books about the

We booked the guided tour and found the site very interesting. Lots of history and stories. It was the first purpose built integrated airport in the would! The air traffic control was born here. Worth visiting the control tower which has

Excellent tour discovering the history of Croydon airport which was the first international airport in the world. Run by volunteers our guide was Mara who was very knowledgeable. Fantastic views from the control tower. We could see the

We couldn’t book as it was fully booked up however they kindly offered us midday slot. I recommend it highly. Very knowledgeable volunteers and a place which is very unknown but awesome. Don’t miss the opportunity.

Fascinating tour and museum. We left saying we'll definitely go again. The volunteers are incredibly knowledgeable friendly and were brill with my kids. Good facilities ( toilets cafe lift) More

Had a truly amazing time at the Croydon Airport Visitor Centre! It only opens on one Sunday per month so I'm glad we went to see it! It was very popular.

Excellent guided tours, fascinating history, great views from the top of the air traffic control tower. More