After a rocky start... we had paid £20 online to see the special Arnhem exhibition, not realising that we also had to pay for entrance to the museum. We thought that we would be there for a couple of hours to see it and then home, but that wasn't the case. Unable to get a refund we ended up paying the entrance fee which then meant an unexpected very expensive day out. Fortunately we had nowhere else planned to go. Next issue the tour had started without us! Noone was available to take us so we were added to the later tour. You would think after paying nearly £100 someone would make sure we got to the event. After quite a stressful morning we could at last accept the mistake we had made and start our visit.

What a great place to visit. It's massive so come early and enjoy a full day. The main hangar was such a treat. You can access the interior of some of the planes, sit in the seats, go back through time, fascinating! Board Concorde and see the nose lift at certain times of the day. So many things to see, really well laid out. Next we decided to go to the American hangar. Getting on the shuttle bus was a little confusing... think there could be a clearer signage for this, however eventually got a ride to the hangar. More incredible displays and content. So much to read, very diverse, really interesting. Quick visit to the Battle of Britain and missed out on the land vehicles as the reason we came here was starting at 2.00 Thanks to a volunteer, who told us to get there at 1.00 we listened to an amazing talk outside the Arnhem display area about Market garden .... we would have missed this as noone else had mentioned it. Now onto the reason we came. The talk on market garden, it was so good. The gentleman giving the talk was brilliant, so engaging, at times it bought a tear to your eye and the next minute you were laughing. Personal items on show, original documentation and all in the group with the same passion and connection to this event. All with fascinating stories themselves. What a day it was, we both lost family in this part of WWll and found the whole talk incredible. Our experience at Duxford could've been so much better if the information you give was clearer at all points. Online, make it clearer that a ticket is required as well. The way it was advertised, looked like a separate event. At the payment desk, they knew we were booked onto a tour and noone mentioned having to join a mini bus. Extra talks... we were booked for the 11.00 tour didn't realise there was a talk before it. Thanks to a volunteer we made the 1.00 talk before the 2.00 tour. Approx times for the shuttle bus would have been helpful More information about the aircraft that are flying on the day... we missed that as well.