Transport, Cars & Railway Museums in the UK

Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex  
Amberley Working Museum is a 36 acre open-air site dedicated to preserving the industrial heritage of the south-east. Exhibits include a narrow-gauge railway and vintage bus... more

27 Northgate Street, Bath, Bath & Northeast Somerset  
We cover 4,000 years of communication from clay-mail to e-mail. This time-line also includes exhibitions in the Education Room on the Victorians, an essential ingredient in... more

Beamish, Chester-le-Street, Durham  
Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, Britain´s favourite open-air museum, set in over 300 acres of beautiful countryside, vividly recreates life in the North... more

Tipton Road, Dudley, West Midlands  
Black Country Living Museum was established in 1975 to collect, preserve, research and display items relating to the social and industrial history of the Black Country.... more

Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey  
Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd is the birthplace of British motor sport and aviation, Brooklands was the centre of British motor sport from its first official race... more

Quainton Road Station, Quainton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire  
The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is one of the leading steam museums in the country, housing some 35 steam locomotives both diesel and multiple units. Slip back... more

Butlin Farm, Claydon, Banbury, Oxfordshire  
Local Banbury shops, display centre. Victorian kitchen and work shops. Traction engine, steam roller, stationary engines, tractors etc. War and craft memorabilia, typewriters, sewing machines, jars,... more

Standish Street, Keswick, Cumbria  
Cars of The Stars Motor Museum opened in 1989. This world famous Museum features vehicles from television and film, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Batmobiles, Herbie,... more

The Old Mill, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire  
The Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection first opened in 1978, and is full of exciting memorabilia, sights and even smells, spanning the 20th century. The... more

Hales Street, Coventry, Warwickshire  
Coventry Transport Museum is the birthplace of the British cycle and motor industries. The Museum displays the largest collection of British road transport in the world,... more

Brecon Road, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff  
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery was built in 1824, this Georgian castellated mansion was originally home to the Crawshay family and is set in 160... more

PO Box 107, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, St Albans, Hertfordshire  
de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre (inc the Mosquito Aircraft Museum) is a secret wartime site waiting to be discovered by you. It is the home of... more

North Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria  
The Dock Museum is built over an original Victorian dry dock, this modern Museum tells the history of Barrow-in-Furness. Discover how it grew from a 19th... more

Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby, Derbyshire  
Donington Grand Prix Collection is the world´s largest collection of Grand Prix racing cars with over 130 cars within five halls. The collection covers nearly 100... more

Chappel Station, Colchester, Essex  
The East Anglian Railway Museum is home to a comprehensive collection of period railway architecture and engineering. Repair and restoration of the locomotives and rolling stock... more

Culdrose Manor, Helston, Cornwall  
Flambards Experience-Victorian Village & Gardens, established nearly 30 years ago as the Cornwall Aircraft Park the Flambards Experience is one of the most popular days out... more

RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovil, Somerset  
The Fleet Air Arm Museum has the largest collection of Naval aircraft anywhere in Europe. Situated alongside an operational Naval Air Station you may see fighter... more

Alford, Aberdeenshire  
The Grampian Transport Museum Trust was formed in 1978 by a group of local enthusiasts. The displays and working exhibits trace the history of road travel... more

Sparkford, Somerset  
Haynes Motor Museum is Britain´s biggest car collection with over 300 cars, 50 motorcycles, military and commerical vehicles, dating from 1886 to the present day. Also... more

The Heliport, Locking Moor Road, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset  
Britain´s only helicopter museum is a fascinating place to visit with many rare and unique helicopters on display under cover. It is Weston-super-Mare´s largest undercover all... more

Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick, Warwickshire  
The Heritage Motor Centre is home to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, which maintains the largest collection in the world of classic, vintage and veteran... more

Jaguar Cars Limited, Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry, Warwickshire  
Established in 1983, the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust maintains a unique collection of motor vehicles and artefacts manufactured by Jaguar Cars Limited. A selection of the... more

Holker Hall and Gardens, Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria  
Lakeland Motor Museum houses over 30,000 motoring related exhibits that include cars, motorcycles and engines, plus one of the largest collections of automobilia including badges, mascots,... more

Locomotion, Shildon, Durham  
Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon is an £11 million project, opened in 2004, and the first national museum to be built in the North... more

39 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London  
London´s Transport Museum is located in the heart of London´s Covent Garden, housed in the original Victorian Flower Market. Offering a unique perspective of the histroic... more

High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex  
Marlipins Museum, once a Customs House, now holds artefacts from the long history of the Shoreham area and the maritime past plus a collection of local... more

Leisure Park, Churchill Way West, Basingstoke, Hampshire  
Milestones, winner of the Social and Industrial History Award under the National Heritage Museum of the Year scheme. Atmospheric street scenes with shops from the late... more

North Bridge Street, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear  
The Monkwearmouth Station Museum is now closed for an extensive restoration and redevelopment programme. When it re-opens in late summer 2007, visitors will be able to... more

Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire  
The Museum of Army Flying: Flying Soldiers! The heroic story of the army in the air from 19th century observation balloons to attack helicopters! The Museum... more

East Fortune Airfield, East Fortune, East Lothian  
The Museum of Flight is home to Scotland´s national aviation collection and one of the most famous sites in world aviation history. Discover some of the... more

Jackson Dock, Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool, Teesside  
The Museum of Hartlepool tells the story of Hartlepool from prehistoric times to the present day using many original artefacts, photographs and models. Fascinating archaeological finds... more

Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, Greater Manchester  
Museum of Science and Industry: Uncover Manchester´s industrial past and learn about the fascinating stories of the people who contributed to the history and science of... more

Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester, Greater Manchester  
Museum of Transport - Greater Manchester is one of the largest and varied collections with over 85 vehicles, mainly buses, relating to over a century of... more

1 Bunhouse Road, Glasgow, Glasgow City  
The Museum of Transport is the history of transport by land and sea told through the collections with a Glasgow focus. On display is the oldest... more

Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, Powys  
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Discovery Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall  
Located on the edge of Falmouth´s stunning harbour, The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is a hands-on, 21st century, new generation of visitor attraction that will appeal... more

John Montagu Building, Beaulieu, Hampshire  
This world renowned National Motor Museum collection was started in 1952 and now features 250 vehicles which tell the story of motoring from 1895 to the... more

Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands  
The National Motorcycle Museum is the largest motorcycle museum in the world, housing a breathtaking collection of over 700 British motorcycles dating from 1898, each painstakingly... more

Leeman Road, York, North Yorkshire  
The National Railway Museum, is the world´s largest railway museum encompassing a wide range of railway icons and millions of artefacts. Home to over 100 engines... more

The Airfield, Winthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire  
The Newark Air Museum is open every day (except Christmas and New Year) with half the aircraft and cockpit sections displayed under cover, along with artefact... more

Buckeroo Way, The Street, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk  
Historic aircraft, indoor exhibitions - both civil and military, from the pioneer years through World War I to the present day. Special displays on Boulton &... more

Cosford, Shifnal, Shropshire  
The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford houses one of the largest aviation collections in the UK with 70 historic aircraft on display in three wartime hangars... more

Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London  
Take off to the Royal Air Force Museum and soar through the history of aviation from the earliest balloon flights to the Eurofighter. Gaze at a... more

Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire  
The Shuttleworth Collection is in a quiet countryside setting on an old fashioned all grass aerodrome with eight hangars. These hangars comprise an aeroplane engineering workshop,... more

The Silk Mill, Silk Mill Lane, off Full Street, Derby, Derbyshire  
The Silk Mill Museum is on the site of one of Britain´s oldest factories. Displays feature local industries, such as mining, pottery, railway engineering and Rolls... more

The Airfield, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent  
The Memorial Building houses wartime Spitfire & Hurricane fighter aircraft together with an ever expanding display of original and emotive memorabilia from the 1939-1945 war periods.... more

Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire  
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway is located in a beautifully restored railway building where seven generations of men and women built the great... more

Middle Engine Lane, North Shields, Tyne & Wear  
Stephenson Railway Museum, relive the glorious days of the steam railway at the Museum, home to George Stephenson´s 1826 `Billy´, a forerunner of the world-famous Rocket... more

High Street, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire  
Streetlife Museum brings 200 years of transport history alive, with all the sights, sounds and smells of the past. The stunning displays include collections of trams,... more

Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria  
Old Tullie House is a 17th century town house of character, with a fine classical faade. Inside are are some early features including a Jacobean staircase... more