Duxford

Duxford’s Hampton by Hilton Imperial War Museum (IWM) is an opportunity to bring Hilton’s exceptional service to thousands of visitors in a unique setting steeped in wartime history.

The hotel 6-storey hotel will include a lobby and gym on the ground floor, and reception, bar and dining area on the top floor, with an outdoor terrace. Sitting alongside the museum’s Conference Centre and War Museum, Hampton by Hilton Duxford will create local jobs and opportunities for tourists to stay overnight and explore other local attractions in the day, as well as increasing the ease in which people can enjoy multiple days of incredible annual air shows.

As an international tourist attraction and Europe’s largest air museum, the Duxford IWM sees 420,000 tourists visit per year to see aircraft take to the skies and get up close to over a century of aviation, with hundreds of aircraft and objects on display. These visitor numbers are set to return post-Covid – in the meantime, the IWM continues to serve business needs and take bookings in its event spaces for Covid‐19 Secure Meetings for up to 30 delegates.

Duxford’s Hampton by Hilton is primed to provide an exceptional guest experience to a growing number of visitors – promised as their own Hampton Guarantee (the world’s first 100% Satisfaction Guarantee)

Close by is the UK’s best-connected airport for flights to Europe: London Stansted Airport. It services a significant number of travellers from the midlands, making Hampton by Hilton Duxford a key overnight location for both leisure and business travellers.

Highlights

• • 6-storey hotel will include 168 beds, a lobby, gym, reception, bar and dining area, and outdoor terrace
• • Major local visitor attraction serving 420,000+ visitors per year
• • Site comprises of several listed buildings including a Grade I listed control tower, and three Grade II* listed hangers
• • Due for completion 2022