Hooton Park Trust — Attraction in Ellesmere Port

This site and its unique, historic aircraft hangars makes a fascinating visit. If you're interested in recent history, this place has any amazing past - from its origins as a private estate to the building of the airfield in WW1 which was busy until 1950s. Hooton airport was Liverpool Airport in the 1930s before Speke came into prominence. The hangars are listed buildings and one has been restored into a 'museum' now containing historic aircraft and vehicles. The whole site is run by a charitable Trust staffed entirely by volunteers. They conduct guided tours on the last weekend of the month and ours took about an hour. Well...

Nice little museum right on my doorstep. I only found out about this place by coincidence when someone on Facebook liked it and it popped up in my timeline. The place is fantastic I can't believe it's all run by a small group of individuals and volunteers. I came with the whole family, and we paid £18 for admission, which was worth every penny. The hangar is full of different airplanes as well as historic items from the Ellesmere Port region. I really liked that you can get near some of the aircraft and even go inside a few—that was very cool. My kids loved it, and we’ll definitely be coming back again in the...

Hooton Park was the first Royal Flying Corps base opened in 1917, the preserved and restored roofing supporting trestles, show how the wide open space they create within the hangars allowed an unobstructed area for housing and moving aeroplanes. This venue has open days for view a small selection of yesteryear items and vehicles...