We visited the national motor museum by complete accident as we had actually booked tickets for the Haynes motor museum. Upon entering we were told we were in the wrong place and having a look at Google maps we'd actually traveled an hour in the opposite direction so to go to the Haynes museum would have taken us two hours. I've got to say that the staff here are absolutely amazing! They helped us contact Haynes motor museum and request a refund on our tickets which they wouldn't do and would lose us £70!

The staff took pity on us and did their absolute best to accommodate us with a family ticket to reduce the price and I can say hand on heart we were not disappointed!

The car museum is great with cars from the very beginning of motoring right up to modern cars of today along with motorbikes of all eras.

On top of that we discovered much more than just a car museum! Set on the beautiful grounds of beaulieu abbey the current owner has opened up her childhood home and the remains of the abbey for anyone looking for a history lesson and it was very interesting and informative. Also on the grounds is a mini world war 2 museum that houses the story and history of the army's secret division of ww2 that were trained on the same grounds.

Also as part of the motoring museum there is a part devoted to the old top gear cars and the series itself! They've actually purchased some of the cars built on the show including the Toyota Hilux! 😂

There's also a big adventure playground for the kids as well as a car show where they bring out a selection of cars with drivers dressed for the era that you can talk to about the cars.

Although the restaurant is expensive the food is really good and has free water dispensers.

Cars, history and beauty we'd definitely recommend this as a day out for families. Can't recommend this museum enough.