British Motor Museum
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This is a truly amazing place to visit , I went on a day they had a mini and metro show , but we were allowed to visit the museum as well. The cars and history in that place must be worth millions . They even have the complete offices of Herbert Austin and William Morris . They have cars that belonged to the royal family, and many cars from film and TV shows , such as fools and horses , the thunderbird movie , tomb raider , Skyfall etc . But they pale in comparison to the other wonderful vehicles on display of course they have racing cars and really old cars and famous cars but I was fascinated by things like the early Austin's and Morris's and the historic Vauxhall's, a really great place to visit they have a lovely cafe there as well the food was not cheap but was very tasty . Oh they also have a kids zone which was great for children to follow trails and solve clues and and press lots of buttons to make things work ,I saw many adults enjoying the kids zone as well. Then there is the gift shop some fantastic items in there . I must mention the staff who work there , they are very patient, helpful , informative and just a pleasure to talk too .I spent several hours there , if you like or love cars it is a must visit place. I have shown only a tiny selection of photos from my day out .
ann phillipsann phillips
10
If you're into cars no matter your age, then this is a fantastic day out. You can get up close and personal with some incredibly rare and valuable cars and the collection is huge. There are very few roped-off exhibits, so it's possible to look in the windows and of course for the convertibles, have an even better look! There are signs asking you not to touch the cars, but the staff seem quite relaxed. There are cars from every era, prototypes, last of their kind, movie cars, race cars, royal cars, everything. As the name suggests, this is about British motoring history, so you won't find many foreign cars ( there is the odd one that is foreign but built in Britain), though there is still an enormous amount to see. The site is home to the Jaguar Heritage Collection, which is in a separate building with the museum's reserve collection. Both are just as accessible as the main collection. I only expected to be there for a couple of hours, then visit the cafe and leave. Not so! Five solid hours of browsing later and not even having stopped for that cuppa! My own fault of course! I can't wait to go again, which I can do for free for a whole year, because adding gift-aid at no cost to you, turns your day ticket into an annual pass!
Andrew HawthorneAndrew Hawthorne
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Came yesturday for access day. My daughter was given some ear defenders and both my kids had a sensory bag each, the lady who handed thwm over was so polite and welcoming. (To be given back at the end) absolutely amazing that you guys catered for those with additional needs. The bloke at the front desk didn't get his name but he was lovely. The whole place is absolutely amazing and each car had its own description and and alot of facts to learn. Very unique and stunning. Not the sort of things I'd take my kids to, but my asd daughter who is 10 read alot of pointed out the age of the car ect even those without number plates on. Very fun day out and was worth the drive from nuneaton. My partner also had fun looking at the cars and walking round. Cafe area also good, staff friendly, food quick to come out, like we ordered hot food and was out within ten minutes. Very clean, lots of seating area, staff cleared tables as soon as people was done. Didn't visit gift shop as was short on money and kids would have wanted everything lol. Didn't go to collections centre as kids was getting tired and moody. Will hopefully visit again with just me and my partner as this was day out for the children. Amazing place recommend any one to go x
Rachel MillsRachel Mills
10
Located near Coventry and with excellent parking and facilities, this museum was a great place to visit. All the cars are British (as opposed to the National Motor Museum which is worldwide) and so it's a more limited selection. Many of the exhibits are special cars, first or last off the production line and absolutely pristine. There were lots of concept cars, some of which were amazing and made me disappointed they were never produced. There were a lot of cutaway sections which were particularly interesting with modern electric cars as I hadn't seen this before. Also engines, gearboxes and other cutaways were shown, and all the exhibits had a good description on them. The space is not huge and the cars are crowded, sometimes there seemed to be no real order to how they were placed, but as the museum isn't very big, you can walk around and see every car in around 3 hours, provided you don't read all the details of all the cars. We combined this museum visit with an exhibition at the same site and it was a great day out. Staff were very friendly, the restaurant food was good (pasties, chips, sausage rolls, sandwiches, drinks) and the site was very clean and a pleasure to walk around.
Peter Harris (Poketastic Pete)Peter Harris (Poketastic Pete)
10
Gaydon British Motor Museum has been on our to-do list for many years. For too many years we have hurtled past on our way to somewhere else. This year we made a special pilgrimage and, on a damp winter's day, arrived at opening time to park in a huge, very full carpark. David, at reception was welcoming, interesting and informative. Prompted by him we bought tickets valid for a twelve month. This place is vast! There are hundreds and hundreds of British motorcars of all shapes, ages and designs. Vehicles both familiar and never heard of before. There are explanations everywhere. At every turn there is an enthusiast - either a museum staff member or another visitor - keen to share their knowledge. There are myriad stories, some uplifting and others sad; of colossal talent, brilliant innovation and wasted opportunity. It is a history lesson of the past century and more of our infernal combustion engine in our lives. Restricted by time we could only stay for a little under five hours and so could barely scratch the surface of this tremendous and excellently presented collection. Thank you to everyone involved. To paraphrase General MacArthur: "We will return."
Nick Heasman NorrisNick Heasman Norris
10
LOVE, LOVE, LOVED it!!!! I am a petrol head/Landrover nut though so I'm slightly biased. Honestly, I could've lived in there if it hadn't been so bloody warm! There's no air con and if its hot outside its boiling inside there. But I didn't care, sweating my away around I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!! If you like your cars then this is an absolute must to go and visit! The place is immaculate! The cars are stunning!!! The staff are all really friendly and helpful! The little children get a little mini car they can ride their way around in. There's also an interactive map book the older kids (an adults, ahem 😂) can use to explore around the different cars. There's a cafe too on the upper floor which was nice but stops serving food at 2pm which I thought was far too early considering we'd spent the best part of the day travelling to get there. So eat first if you're gonna visit later in the day. There's also a gift shop and a little kiddies play park at the top of the hill outside but watch little legs that like to run away as it's on top of a steep hill and not fenced in!
Louise CopingerLouise Copinger
100
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5GQ9+GV Banbury Road Gaydon, Lighthorne Heath, Warwick CV35 0BJ, United Kingdom
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britishmotormuseum.co.uk
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The British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England holds the world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 300 cars on display from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust.
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