Abbey Pumping Station, Corporation Road, Abbey Lane, Leicester, LE4 5PX.

Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, 37 Cornet Road, Birmingham, B47 5LP.

Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum, Downside, Stockley, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0NF.

Automobilia - Cornwall's Motor Museum, The Old Mill, St. Stephen, St. Austell, Cornwall, tel 01726 823092

Bass Museum Visitor Centre & Shire Horse Stables, Horminglow Street, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 1JZ.

Beamish, North of England Open Air Museum, nr Stanley, County Durham.

Benson Veteran Cycle Museum, 61 Brook Street, Benson, Wallingford, OX10 6LH.

Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum, Halland, nr Lewes, East Sussex.

Betws-Y-Coed Motor Museum, Station Road, Betws-Y-Coed, Gwynned, LL24 0AN.

Biggar Museum Trust, Moat Park Heritage Centre, Kirksdale, Lanark, ML12 6DT.

Birmingham & Midland Museum of Transport , Chapel Lane, Wythall, Near Birmingham.

Birmingham Museum of Science, Newhall Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B3 1RZ.

Black Country Museum,Tipton Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 4SQ.

The C.M. Booth Collection of Historic Vehicles, Falstaff Antiques, 63 High Street, Rolvenden, Kent.

Bournemouth Transport Museum, Building 101, North West Industrial Estate, Bournemouth International Airport, Hurn, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6NW.

Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Mills, Moorside Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD2 3HP.

Braidwood & Rushbrook Museum, McDonald Road Fire Station, McDonald Rd., Edinburgh, Lothian.

Breamore House and Museums, Breamore nr. Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 2DF.

Bressingham Steam Museum & Gardens, Bressingham, Diss. Norfolk IP22 2AB.

Bristol Industrial Museum, Princes Wharf, Princes Street, Bristol, Avon BS1 4RN.

The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street, Leyland, Preston, Lancs., PR5 1LE.

The British Cycling Museum, The Old Station, Camelford, Cornwall, PL32 9TZ.

British Lawnmower Museum, 106/114 Shakespeare Street, Southport, Lancashire, PR8 5AJ.

Museum of British Road Transport, St. Agnes Lane, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1PN.

Brooklands Museum, The Clubhouse, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0QN.

Bugatti Trust Study Centre, Prescott Hill, Gotherington, Gloucestershire.

Bury Transport Museum, Castlecroft Road, Bury, Lancashire.

Caister Castle Car Collection, Caister On Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Bygones Museum, Butlin Farm, Claydon, Banbury, OX17 1EP.

Canterbury Motor Museum, 11 Cogans Terrace, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3SJ.

Cars of the Stars, Standish Street, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5LS.

Cheddar Motor and Transport Museum, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, BS27 3QA.

Castle Point Transport Museum, Former Canvey & District Bus Depot, Point Road, Canvey Island, Essex.

Chiltern Museum of Motoring, Chiltern House, Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamhsire, HP18 0HB.

The Combe Martin Motorcycle Collection, Cross Street, Combe Martin, Devon EX34 0DH.

Cotswold Motor Museum, The Old Mill, Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire, GL54 2BY.

Design Museum, Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, London, SE1 2YD.

Dewsbury Bus Museum, 7-11 Foundary Street, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

Donington Grand Prix Collection, Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby, DE7 2RP.

Dover Transport Museum, Old Park, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2AD.

East Anglian Transport Museum, Chapel Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8BL.

Filching Manor Motor Museum, Filching Manor, Wannock, Near Polegate, Sussex, TN26 5QA.

The Museum of Fire, Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DE.

Fire Service National Museum Trust, c/o 9 Marland Way, Manton Heights, Bedford, Bedfordshire MK41 7N. Ford Motor Co. Heritage Centre, 3/001 Thames Avenue, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 6SA.

Glasgow Museum of Transport, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, G3 8DP.

Glenluce Motor Museum, Officers Croft, Glenluce, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Gloucester Transport Museum, The Old Fire Station, Bearland, Gloucester.

Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB33 8AD.

The Griffin Trust, Hooton Park, North Road, Ellesmere Port, South Wirral, L65 1BQ.

Hamilton District Museum, 129 Muir Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford, Near Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7ZZ.

Heritage Motor Museum, BMIHT, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ.

Hull Transport Museum, 36 High Street, Kingston-upon-Hull, Humberside.

Ipswich Transport Museum, Old Trollybus Depot, Cobham Road, Ipswich, Suffolk.

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, Jaguar Cars Ltd., Browns Lane, Allesbury, Coventry, CV5 9DR.

Jersey Motor Museum, St. Peter's Village, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE3 7AG.

Jim Clark Memorial Room, 44 Newtown Street, Duns, Berwickshire, TD11 3AV.

Keighley Bus Museum, Denholme House Farm, Halifax Road, Denholme, West Yorks.

Kew Transport Museum, Station Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey

Lakeland Motor Museum, Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7PL.

Levens Hall Steam Collection, Levens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria.

Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum, Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 3QT.

Liverpool Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN.

Llangollen Motor Museum, Petrefelin, Llangollen, Clwyd, North Wales, LL20 8EE.

London Bus Preservation Trust, Cobham Bus Museum. Redhill Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1EF.

London Cab Company Museum, 1-3 Brixton Road, London, SW9 6DJ.

London Transport Museum, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 7BB.

Manchester Museum of Road Transport, Boyle Street, Manchester, M8 8UL.

Manx Motor Museum, Crosby, Isle of Man

Midland Bus Museum, Chapel Lane, Wythall, Birmingham, West Midlands.

Midland Motor Museum, Stanmore Hall, Stourbridge Road, Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

Moray Motor Museum, Bridge Street, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland.

The Motor House, Christchurch Ski & Leisure Centre, Machismo Lane, Hurn, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6AW.

The Motor Museum, Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum, Holland, Near Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5AF

Mouldsworth Motor Museum, Smithy Lane, Mouldsworth, Cheshire.

The Motoring Heritage Centre, Loch Lomand Factory Outlets, Main Road, Alexandria, W. Dunbartonshire, G85 9HR.

Murrays Motorcycle Museum, Bungalow Corner, TT Course, Snaefell Mountain, Isle of Man.

Museum of Army Transport, Flemingate, Beverley, North Humberside, HU17 ONG.

Myreton Motor Museum, Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland EH32 0PZ.

National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire, SO42 7ZN.

The National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhall, Solihull, West Midlands.

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF.

The National Museum of Irish Transport, Scotts Garden, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.

The National Tramway Museum, Crich, nr. Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 5DP.

Newburn Hall Motor Museum, 35 Townfield Gardens, Newburn, Tyne & Wear, NE15 8PY.

The North East Bus Museum, Leam Lane, Wardley, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear.

Norfolk Motorcycle Museum, Station Yard, North Walsham, Norfolk.

North Yorkshire Motor Museum, Roxby Garage, Thornton Dale, North Yorks.

Oswestry Transport Museum, Oswald Road, Shropshire, SY11 1RE.

The Oxford Bus Museum, Old Station Yard, Long Hanborough, Woodstock, Oxford.

Patrick Motor Museum, The Lakeside Centre, 180 Lifford Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Mids., B30 3NT.

Pembrokeshire Motor Museum, Keeston Hill, Haverfordwest, SA62 6EJ.

Pendon Museum of Landscape and Transport in Miniature, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxon., OX14 4QD.

Ramsgate Motor Museum, Westcliff Hall, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 0NH.

REME Museum, Isaac Newton Road, Arborfield, Berkshire, RG2 9NJ.

Royal Scottish Museum, Department of Science Technology, and Working Life, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH1 1JF.

Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum, Gore Road, New Milton, Hampshire.

Sandtoft Transport Centre, Belton Road,, Sandtoft, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

Sandringham Museum, The Estate Office, Sandringham, Norfolk, PE35 6EN.

The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD.

Science Museum Wroughton, Wroughton Airfield, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 9NS.

The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, M90 Commerce Park, Lathalmond, Dunfermline.

Sheffield Bus Museum, Tinsley Tram Sheds, Sheffield Road, Tinsley, S9 2FY.

Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Beds., SG18 9ER.

Skopos Motor Museum, Alexandra Mills, Alexandra Road, Batley, West Yorks.

St Helens Transport Museum, Hall Street, St Helens, Lancashire.

Stanford Hall Motorcycle Museum, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 6DH.

Stondon Museum Henlow, Station Road, Henlow, Beds., SG16 6JN

Tameside Transport Collection, Warlow Brook, Frietland, Greenfield, Oldham, Lancs.

Tank Museum, Bovington Camp, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6JG.

The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Holywood, Northern Ireland, BT18 0EU.

Vauxhall Heritage Centre, Griffin House, Osborne Road, Luton, LU1 3YT.

West of England Transport Collection, 15 Landpark, Chulmleigh, North Devon, EX18 7BH.

West Wycombe Motor Museum, Chorley Road, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Wroughton Science Museum, Red Barn Gate, Wroughton, nr. Swindon, Wiltshire.

The Whitewebbs Museum, Whitewebbs Road, Enfield, Middlesex.

Doune Motor Museum, Doune

01786 841203 fax 842070

Three miles west of Dunblane

Jim Clark Room, 44 Newtown St, Duns TD11 3AU

01361 883960

About sixteen miles inland from Berwick-upon-Tweed on the A6105

The trophies of twice world champion racing driver (1963 and 1965) along with photographs, video and other material.

Easter to September: Mon-Sat 10.30-1pm, 2-4.30, Sunday 2-4pm. Nearby parking

October: Mon-Sat 1-4pm. Admission charge. Assisted disabled access

Moray Motor Museum, Bridge St, Elgin IV30 2DE

01343 544933

Six miles inland of Lossiemouth

A collection of classic and vintage cars plus some motorbikes

Holker Hall is near Grange-over-Sands and is a very pleasant stately home covered in the file on Southern Lakes and has much to offer for a pleasant day out.

The motor museum is a real find for the enthusiast. Lotus and Jaguar, a proper red Dennis fire engine. Both Buick and Cadillac are represented along with great bikes including Norton and Royal Enfield and even the Vespa. Lots of names from the past plus bits and pieces such as lamps and enamel signs and oil cans and petrol pumps. There is a 1920s garage and an exhibition in memory of Donald Campbell, killed in 1967 when traveling at over 310 miles/hr on Coniston Water. Bluebird K7 and Campbell's body remains over 100 feet down in the lake but here are detailed and full-size replicas of the Bluebird car of 1935 as well as the K7. There is a small automata display and gardeners can pause in the potting shed or amongst the exhibition of old gardening machinery. Cafe and shop. Open April to October Sun - Fri, 10 - 6pm, hall 4.30pm, museum 4.45pm. Hard-of-hearing tours Fri and Sun or by arrangement. The full site is mostly accessible by wheelchair, tel 01539 558328. The motor museum is a real find for the enthusiast. Lotus and Jaguar, a Dennis red fire engine. Buick and Cadillac are represented along with great bikes including Norton and Royal Enfield and even the Vespa. Lots of names from the past plus bits and pieces such as lamps and enamel signs and oil cans and petrol pumps. There is a 1920s garage and an exhibition in memory of Donald Campbell, killed in 1967 when traveling at over 310 miles/hr on Coniston Water. Bluebird K7 and Campbell's body remains over 100 feet down in the lake but here are detailed and full-size replicas of the Bluebird car of 1935 as well as the K7. There is a small automata display and gardeners can pause in the potting shed or amongst the exhibition of old gardening machinery. Cafe and shop. Open April to October Sun - Fri, 10 - 6pm, hall 4.30pm, museum 4.45pm. Hard-of-hearing tours Fri and Sun or by arrangement. Mostly accessible to wheelchairs, tel 01539 558328.

Mouldsworth Motor Museum, Smithy Lane, Chester CH3 8AR

01928 731781

About eight miles north east of Chester of the A56 or A54

Over sixty classic and vintage cars and motorcycles

Cars of the Stars, Standish St, Keswick includes:

Two of the four Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs,

The Batmobile from Batman Returns, some 22 feet of fibreglass over a stretched Chevrolet Impala.

FAB 1 from Thunderbirds - a six-wheeled Bedford Chinese 6 coach turned into a pink "Rolls Royce" 22 feet long and 8 feet wide

The Love Bug from Herbie goes Bananas with its rear-seat driving station and hydraulic jacks to produce the hopping.

Diana Rigg, as Miss Emma Peel, drove the displayed Lotus Elan in The Avengers

The Falcon XB GT Coupe driven in Mad Max by Mel Gibson

The A Team's dark Chevrolet van

and at the very top of the glamour scale, the Reliant Regal Super used in Only Fools and Horses. It has a switch for injecting oil into the engine manifold to make the exhaust give out blue smoke.

Adult £3, child £2.

Open 10 - 5pm, weekdays until Nov, weekends Dec.

Donington Grand Prix Collection, Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2RP

01332 811027, fax 812829

Large collection of Grand Prix cars

Aspects of Motoring, The Maltings, Brewery Lane, Cockermouth CA13 9NE

01900 824448

A collection of cars and motor cycles, a number of which are associated with sport.

Newburn Hall Motor Museum, Townfield Gardens, NewburnNE15 8PY

0191 264 2977

On the west side of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

HEART OF ENGLAND

Cotswold Motor Museum, Sherborne St, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire:

Open 10-6pm daily. Adult £2.25, child £1.25, family £6.50. 01451 821255

Vast amount of memorabilia from matchboxes to cars via enameled adverts and oil cans. Everything to do with cars in a glorious jumble.

From 1922, cars include Alvis, Austin Seven Swallow, 1935 Austin taxi called Clarabelle with 700,000 on the clock, BMW (1938 327 Cabriolet) Fiat, Invicta, Jaguar, MG. Top of the pops for children is either Brum, star of children's TV or the Maclure Baby Brooklands Riley

Heritage Motor Centre, Banbury Rd, Gaydon, Banbury:CV37 6BG

01926 641188 fax 641555

Purpose-built museum featuring many important British cars including Austin Sevens, Minis, Morris Minors and MGs plus lots more from the 1800s to today. Four-wheel drive demonstration course and quad bike circuit

Shop, café, children's roadway

Open daily 10-6pm (10-4.30pm November to March)

£6, seniors £5, child over five £4

Midland Motor Museum, Stanmore Hall, Stourbridge Rd, Bridgnorth WV15 6DT

01746 762992, fax 768104

A major collection of sports racing cars and motorbikes from 1920 to the 1980s with over one hundred on show

Museum of British Road Transport, St Agnes Lane, Hales St, Coventry CV1 1PN

Tel 0101203 832425

Cycles and cars from Edwardian elegance through the glamorous 30s and 50s and 60s to today's more complex and reliable machines, a large collection to browse amongst. Some 160 vehicles on display

Admission free

Beaulieu, Brockhurst SO42 7ZN, Hampshire , 01590 612123 or 612345. Open daily

Home of the National Motor Museum with over 250 cars from 1895 and lots of memorabilia in this major collection of great importance.

Also entrance to Palace House and gardens, monorail, children can ride minibikes and drive "veteran" cars. There is also an exhibition about the abbey and monastic life .

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Brooklands Museum, Brooklands Rd, Weybridge KT13 0QN

01932 857381, fax 855465

The original Brooklands race track buildings now house a collection of cars and aircraft

Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford near Yeovil, BA22 7LH

01963 440804.

A significantly important car museum for all enthusiasts of things mechanical.

Voted Motor Museum of 1999, Haynes has grown dramatically since the 60-car collection of 1985. There are now large displays of vintage cars, minis, military vehicles and Jaguars. There are red cars, American cars, motor bikes (new in September 2000), a Hall of Motor Sports and much more. The cutaway moving chassis makes it much easier for dad to explain how cars work and the adventure playground by the picnic area gives a chance to work off all that surplus energy. There are toilets, a shop and a new restaurant. The site is fully wheelchair accessible - no steps, there is reserved hard-standing parking and wheelchairs can be loaned. Open daily, Nov to February 10-4.30pm, March to October 9.30-5.30pm. Adult £4.95, Seniors, students, disabled £3.95, child £2.95, family, 2+2, £12.95

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MG Car Club Ltd, Kimber House, 12 Cemetary Rd, Abingdon OX14 1FF

01235 555552

Totnes Motor Museum - vintage sports and racing cars plus motorbikes.

Motor Museum, Pentrefelin, Llangolen LL20 8EE

01978 860324

Motor Museum, Filching Manor, Filching, near Polegate BN26 5QA

01323 487838, fax 486331

The main interest is in the over one hundred veteran and vintage vehicles, mainly sports and racing cars, but there are other reasons for a visit. There are racing motor boats and a Jupiter aircraft.

The house itself, Filching Manor, is the fifteenth century Wealdon Hall, built on the site of a fifth century priory.

Ramsgate Motor Museum, West Cliff Hall, West Cliff, Ramsgate CT11 9JK

01843 581948

Over 130 motor cars and motorbikes, from the 1800s to (nearly) today

CM Booth Collection of Historical Vehicles, Rolvendon, South Kent

01580 241234

This must be a unique collection of a unique car - the Morgan three-wheeler (two wheels at the front and one at the back - most of the time), from before the first World War to just before the second. Also other motoring memorabilia.

The Morgans are all four-wheelers today, hand-made to order and with a long waiting list for what is a distinctive and prestigious car.

Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum, Downside, Stockley Lane, Calne SN11 0NF

01249 813119

Six miles east of Chippenham, ten miles from M4 junction 17

Classic cars, vintage cars, American cars

Automobilia, The Old Mill, St Stephen, St Austell PL26 7RX

01726 823092

Varied collection of vehicles including commercials and motor cycles from a sixty-year span starting in 1904.