South Yorkshire Transport Museum — Attraction in Rotherham

South Yorkshire Transport Museum is an absolute hidden gem! I've lived locally for years and had seen the buses but could never find it (you turn down by the Arc car wash and then follow it to the end). It's only open for one day a month so you need to check for the weekend but every month as well as a rotating number of buses they have a different theme (have seen meccano and lego models, steam punk and 40 Christmas). The highlight of every open day is the change to ride on historic buses.

The Museum is run entirely by volunteers who painstakingly restore buses and vehicles to their full glory. As well as buses they have military trucks, milk floats, scooters, bicycles, a Romany Caravan, cars a coffin transporter and an old tram. They even have a section with WWII memorabilia and a huge model train set.

The staff are incredibly helpful and as they are all volunteers you can tell its a labour of love and it shows in their enthusiasm. The ladies in the cafe even make a great cup of tea and a slice of cake!

With kids entry being free and adult entry relatively cheap this is a fun and educational great value day out. They even have annual memberships that cost less than an average take out! This place is definately worth and afternoon...

What a great place. First time I'd visited was for one of their monthly open weekends in September 2018. There was a classic car event on outside with plenty to see and take photos of. Inside the museum was an Aladdin's cave of historical transport things. From old road signs through to classic cars and buses. Old lorries and push bikes.

Also open was the area where they are restoring some old buses. This is primarily a bus museum for South Yorkshire so there's a lot from the region but plenty of other things to keep you saying 'ah, I remember those cars, bikes, signs or whatever'. There's a cafe and toilets too and also a shop to buy transport related books and magazines.

It's certainly a place I'll be going to...

I visited this lovely museum for the first time on one their steampunk and transport open days. There are several fully restored vehicles and several still in the process of being restored. There is an onsite cafe and toilets and a small shop selling vehicle related products. We even got to ride around Rotherham in a vintage bus. They also ran a bus trip to conisbrough castle. On the day I went there were stalls selling steampunk related clothing , jewellery etc. Well worth the £5 entrance fee and a bus trip is included in the price. Will be going to more of their open days...