Can I bring my dog?

We welcome well-behaved dogs on leads on the airfield paddocks, in the café Sunroom and in the Visitor Centre. Dogs are not permitted in the Hangars, the main Runway Café area, Swiss Garden or Shuttleworth House and the surrounding parkland.

Service dogs are permitted across the entirety of the site.

Please note that there is no shade in our parking areas.

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You can use both our Hill Lane (SG18 9EP ///decorator.thus.branching) and Alder Drive entrances (SG18 9DT ///forks.extension.drums).

We offer 30-day return tickets that allow you to return to the Collection & Swiss Garden as much as you like within 30 days of your first visit, excluding event dates - please see our Opening Times calendar for event dates where daily admission tickets aren’t valid.

The Runway Café is free to access and offers a fantastic variety of locally sourced food and drink.

You are welcome to bring your own food and drink; however, we do not allow barbecues on site, and we ask that you refrain from bringing sharp knives on site.

We prefer cashless payments and accept all major debit and credit cards, and mobile payments. We can accept cash when no alternative is available but cannot guarantee that change will be provided.

We offer free entry to RHS Members every Monday and Thursday, excluding event days.

We ask that you only smoke/vape in designated areas of the site.

Baby changing facilities are available across the site including our Visitor Centre and Hangar toilets.

Shuttleworth House is primarily an award-winning wedding and events venue. It is only open to the public on select event days. Please see the House page for further details.

We have an active airfield. To fly in you’ll need to PPR. You’ll find more information on our Flying in & PPR page.

We offer a range of accommodation on site: Camping, 15 en-suite rooms in our Garden Suite, and The Flat at Shuttleworth House. You can find out more here.

The following items are prohibited from site: