VISITOR numbers to the National Museum of Flight could soar this weekend, with lottery players getting in free of charge.

To say thank you for the £30 million raised for good causes every week by players, the National Lottery is offering free entry and special offers at a range of National Lottery funded venues across the UK as part of the National Lottery Open Week.

On Saturday and Sunday, the National Museum of Flight is offering free entry to National Lottery players.

Visitors to the museum should book a timed entry ticket online in advance of their visit and bring along both their admission ticket and lottery ticket or scratch card.

Steve McLean, general manager at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, was looking forward to welcoming visitors.

He said: “We’re delighted to be taking part in the National Lottery Open Week this year.

“We’re grateful to have received National Lottery funding, which has enabled us to redevelop two of our nationally significant Second World War hangars.

“Devoted to military and civil aircraft, they explore a century of aviation, presenting the stories of some of the people who built and flew them.

“This is our way of saying thank you to everyone who has bought a National Lottery ticket, helped us on our journey and made a contribution to supporting good causes.”