Brooklands Museum of historic vehicles

Brooklands Museum

Weybridge, Surrey - next door to Mercedes Benz World!

 

Special Events: 

* Monday 26th May 2025 - Best of British Day

* Sunday 27th July 2025 - Summer classic car day and autojumble

 

Explore racing cars, buses and planes at the world's first race track. Discover Concorde which was designed and flown at Brooklands. Explore simulators and interactive vehicle and aircraft collections. Re-live the thrills of speed and flight from 100 years of British history at Brooklands Museum. Explore the historic site covering 32-acres which brings to life Brooklands' unique past, through our collection of motor vehicles, aircraft, landmarks and exhibition spaces.

 

MOTORING VILLAGE

The cluster of sheds around the Paddock was a busy focal point for all those who helped to make motor racing possible. It accommodated a community of drivers, engineers, tuners, mechanics and other racing specialists. There was always work going on here, even on non-race days. Anyone not on official business was strictly forbidden access. Many of the surviving original buildings have been restored and used to tell the story of Brooklands’ racing and record-breaking history.

 

CLUB HOUSE AND PADDOCK

The green-domed Clubhouse was built in 1907 to accommodate the race track officials such as stewards, the Clerk of the Scales and the Clerk of the Course. Enjoy the period atmosphere and the evocative room settings including the Ladies’ Reading Room, the Clerk of the Course’s Office, and Art Gallery.See the displays, exhibits and collections of memorabilia throughout the ground floor of the 1907 Clubhouse.

 

RACE TRACK

Originally constructed in 1907, the Brooklands race track was the ‘Ascot of Motorsport’ in its heyday. The outer circuit was 2 ¾ miles long, 100ft wide, with two long straights joined by two sections of the banked curve up to 30ft high.Today only sections of the race track survive. At the Museum, visitors can walk on the lowest section of the race track, following in the tyre tracks of the motorsport greats, such John Cobb, Malcolm Campbell, Kay Petre, Noel Pope and the Bentley Boys.

 

FACTORY SQUARE

Step in to Factory Square, the hub of British ingenuity, and see spectacular engineering feats brought to life.Enter one of the original Brooklands Aircraft Factorys and experience first-hand what it was like to be a factory worker here in the 1930s and see examples of the many aircraft made at Brooklands. Marvel at the astonishing Stratosphere Chamber, which literally made the weather and became an integral part of aircraft testing.The Acoustics building houses the world's only working Concorde Flight Simulator and trained pilots from around the globe to fly the supersonic aircraft.

 

AIRCRAFT PARK

The Aircraft park is an open-space exhibition of planes designed and built at Brooklands, including Concorde. You can't help but feel small as you wander underneath the huge wingspans of the Vickers aircraft collection. The planes are open for you to explore, both in the cabins and the cockpits. Restored to their former glory, take a seat and be transported back in time to 1960s and '70s air travel.Don't miss the world's first flight ticket booking office, built in 1911 so people could buy passenger tickets and take to the skies in the period of early aviation.

 

LONDON BUS MUSEUM

At Brooklands, is pleased to welcome you on board a bus journey that has taken 150 years. A remarkable collection of around 35 buses and coaches, the largest collection of working historic London buses in the world. About two-thirds are owned by the Trust and the remainder by individual members. Some buses have been fully restored and have won many awards, while others are under restoration in the workshop.The London Bus Preservation Trust is dedicated to preserving and restoring its collection of historic London buses and its home in Cobham Hall at Brooklands Museum opened in 2011.The vehicles are all of London origin and date from about 1875 to 1979 and are arranged in a timeline from the early horse bus to more modern buses similar to those on London’s streets today. Items of street furniture and other artefacts and memorabilia related to bus operations in London are also on display, from uniforms to ticket machines, medals, signs and examples of works of art for which London Transport received many awards.The London Bus Museum is a must for enthusiasts and families alike. There are also opportunities to ride on vintage bus services at special events and some weekends throughout the year.

 

Please note:

Entry to board Concorde is not included - bookable on the day subject to availability.

 

Depart for Home Approx. 17.00

Brooklands Museum Mini Day 2025 Best of British day Summer Classic car day