Grahame-White Factory & Watch Office Aircraft Collection
This building is the UK's first aircraft factory, purpose-built, here at Hendon by Claude Grahame-White in 1917. It includes the surviving quarter of the original factory, which was carefully relocated onto the Museum site. It also has all the original metal roofing, doors, windows and other fittings.
Even the new bricks are laid exactly like the originals. This listed historic structure is a superb exhibition hall for our oldest aircraft, many of which were built in the same period as the factory.
In its new position, the Grahame-White Factory building truly complements the Milestones of Flight Exhibition building and the other exhibition halls. The Museum has created a time warp back to the early days of aviation, by featuring many of its oldest aircraft.
Visitors are able to see such aircraft as the very early Sopwith Triplane, a Hanriot and the famous SE5-A fighter from World War One.
The Grahame-White Factory and Watch Office is open from 10am - 6pm daily, closing for an hour each day between 12 noon and 2pm.
Over the next few months, new permanent displays will be placed in the Watch Office section of this building, this may necessitate, the lower ground floor of the Watch Office closing on occasion to accommodate the fitting of these displays.
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The Grahame-White Factory before and after relocation.
