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Aberdeen and District Transport Preservation Trust

Museum. Access by prior arrangement. A free bus service is laid on for GTM events to link the event car park.

Website - Aberdeen and District Transport Preservation Trust

Aire Valley Transport Group

The Aire Valley Transport Group was formed in the Spring of 2003 by a group of transport enthusiasts from other societies in the Aire Valley. The aim of the AVTG is to restore vehicles that are of historical importance back to their former glory, and put them on show to the public in order to educate them about the history of road transport. The group now has 70 vehicles in its care, making it one of the largest collections in the area. It also has a collection of road and enamel signs, traffic lights, petrol cans and pumps, and also a collection of bus memorabilia including ticket machines, enamel and cast signs, badges. The group is open to anyone with an interest in transport (with or without a vehicle).

Website: Aire Valley Transport Group

Aldershot & District Bus Interest Group

The group was formed in 1994 to consolidate the collection of preserved ex-Aldershot & District vehicles and other related artefacts that had been saved over the years, and to provide a focal point for individuals with an interest in every aspect of the old Aldershot & District Traction Co Ltd. The vehicles, all of which remain in private ownership, range from 1920s Dennis E-types through to Dennis, AEC and Bristol buses which entered service with A&D in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s at the very end of the company’s existence. The group works closely with the Dennis Bus Owners Association.

Website: Aldershot & District Bus Interest Group

Amberley Working Museum

Set in a beautiful location within the South Downs, the Museum boasts: traditional craftspeople, free narrow-gauge railway and bus service, Connected Earth Telecommunications display, electricity hall,, nature trails, picnic areas, gift shop, restaurant and much more.  Over 30 special events will be held during the season. 

Website: Amberley Working Museum

Angus Transport Group

A small collection of road transport vehicles with (on the whole) links to Scotland.

Website: Angus Transport Group

Aston Manor Road Transport Museum

A display of commercial road transport vehicles, many with a West Midlands connection, housed in a former tram shed which retains some of its fittings from that era. Many of the buses are used on free bus services throughout the year. Smaller artefacts are also on display.

Website: Aston Manor Road Transport Museum

Aycliffe & District Bus Preservation Society

The Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society was established in 1980 and was registered as a charity in September 1982. The Society is a member of the North East Museums' Service which acts as the regional co-ordinator of the work of both public and private collections in the North East of England. The Society is provisionally registered with the Museums and Galleries' Commission as a small museum. The Society is also a member of the Historic Commercial Vehicle Society

Website: Aycliffe & District Bus Preservation Society

Barrow Transport Museum Trust Ltd

The Barrow Transport Museum Trust is a small group currently applying for charitable status, the ultimate aim being to establish a museum of road transport relating to South Cumbria and particularly the Furness area. The Group is currently caring for 11 vehicles previously operated by Barrow Corporation dating back to 1949, some of which require major restoration. Members receive newsletters and visits to rallies and events throughout the north.

Bolebroke Castle Ltd

A collection of mostly ex London Transport classic buses which are also used for Classic Bus Driver Experience Days

Websites: www.bolebrokecastle.co.uk  www.edenbridgecastle.co.uk

Black Country Museum Transport Group

Tramway operation daily. Trolleybus operation on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Website: Black Country Museum Transport Group

Bounty Country Buses 

A carefully assembled and unique collection of country buses, representing the great number of independent operators which established a network of country bus services from the 1920s through to the most profitable years of the 1940s and 1950s and beyond. A tribute to their pioneering spirit of taking the country to the town and the town to the countryside, put together by the Emerton family of Nantwich, Cheshire

Bristol Omnibus Vehicle Collection

A collection of former Bristol Omnibus/Bristol Tramways vehicles, artefacts and memorabilia Vehicles are not all housed under one roof and not available for public view. However, as many are roadworthy will attend the two Bristol rallies in May and August. Up to 17 were present at Brislington in 2009.

Website: Bristol Omnibus Vehicle Collection

Bristol Road Transport Collection

Collection of mainly Bristol built buses and other vehicles with connections to the Bristol and Gloucestershire area.

Website: Bristol Road Transport Collection

Bristol Vintage Bus Group

The collection houses over 15 vehicles either built or operated in the Bristol area together with an extensive collection of artefacts and archives relating to the area and the Bristol commercial vehicle manufacturing organisation.

Website: Bristol Vintage Bus Group

British Bus Preservation Group

A collection of vehicles owned my members of the British Bus Preservation Group

Website: British Bus Preservation Group

British Commercial Vehicle Museum Trust Ltd.

A unique collection of over 60 vehicles covering nearly 120 years of commercial vehicle manufacture and use, including trucks, buses, fire engines, vans, steam traction engine, and the famous ‘Popemobile’. The ‘Engine Room’ tells the story of the diesel engine. An extensive archive contains over 250,000 items of film, photographs and paper records.

Website: British Commercial Vehicle Museum Trust Ltd.

British Trolleybus Society

The British Trolleybus Society studies the development of the trolleybus and keeps up with current developments.  It owns about a dozen trolleybuses, one motorbus and a horse-drawn tower wagon.

Website: British Trolleybus Society

Cardiff and South Wales Trolleybus Project

The only trolleybus preservation group in the principality of Wales. A regular newsletter is issued, and new members are always welcome, presently £12.50 per annum. Visits to the workshop can be arranged by writing to the above address for details.

Website: Cardiff and South Wales Trolleybus Project

Cardiff Transport Preservation Group

The Cardiff Transport Preservation Group was formed in 1992 in order to purchase, restore, maintain and preserve for the benefit of the public, vehicles, artefacts, archive material and other items which pertain to and reflect the transport heritage of, the City of Cardiff and surrounding areas.  To this end the Group has acquired a number of buses formerly operated by City of Cardiff Transport and other local operators. The Group Lease the ex Western Welsh Depot on Broad Street, Barry http://www.thebusdepotbarry.org The CTPG organise two vehicle rallies each year and hold a monthly meeting on the third Wednesday of each month. Members receive a quarterly newsletter and if they wish help to restore the Group's buses, ride on them and travel on them to rallies.

Website: Cardiff Transport Preservation Group

Castle Point Transport Museum

This historic former Canvey & District bus depot, built in 1935, houses approximately 35 commercial vehicles spanning the years 1944 to 1988. Exhibits include buses, coaches, lorries, fire engines and military vehicles. They can be seen in varying stages from the fully restored to those awaiting restoration. The museum is run by volunteers.

Website: Castle Point Transport Museum

City of Portsmouth Preserved Transport Depot

The CPPTD has housed a collection of veteran and vintage buses since 1992, most of which spent their working lives in southern England. The vehicles are based in premises near Portsmouth that are presently not open to the public, following closure of the Broad Street site - please see the website or enthusiast press for the latest developments. The collection’s vehicles attend running days, rallies, carnivals and other events.

Website: City of Portsmouth Preserved Transport Depot

Classic Southdown Omnibuses Ltd 

One of the largest collections of vehicles owned formerly by Southdown Motor Services. They range from a 1939 Park Royal bodied Leyland Titan TD5 to the numerically last Bristol VRT delivered to Southdown in 1980. Of particular note is a 1956 Leyland Titan PD2/12 carrying one of the last Beadle double-deck bodies built.

Website: Classic Southdown Omnibuses Ltd

Cobham Bus Museum

This well-established museum contains the world’s largest collection of ex-London Transport motor buses and two horse-buses, ranging from 1875 to 1979. Plans are afoot for the Museum to move to new purpose-built premises at Brooklands, subject to planning approval.

Website: Cobham Bus Museum

Colin Billington Collection

A private collection of 30 buses and coaches, formerly operated by the Western & Southern National Omnibus Companies and their successors, spanning the years 1927 to 1985 many of which have undergone extensive restoration.  A particular feature is a collection of Royal Blue coaches and the organisation of coach runs along routes of the Royal Blue network which extended from the South West across much of the country. Vehicles from the collection attend events across the South of England.

Commercial Transport in Preservation

Commercial Transport in Preservation (CTP) based in Salisbury was started in 1998 to cater for the alternative needs of enthusiasts in the south. Initially with around 50 members it grew very rapidly to be a nationwide organisation averaging 350/400 members annually. The emphasis is on friendship for all enthusiasts whether vehicle owners or not.   We have monthly open meetings in Salisbury during the winter months and out door visits / events during the summer, an active club, our members like to drive their vehicle/s on the road as much as possible, as well as supporting many local shows/event wherever our members live. Current membership could probably account for up to 1000 vehicles, some have none, some have more!

The main event has been happening since 1972, always on the first Sunday in September, it is The Bournemouth to Bath Run, but CTP has four other main events, come and join in, you will not be disappointed.

Website: Commercial Transport in Preservation

Cornwall Bus Preservation Society

The CBPS is a group who are involved in maintaining, restoring and preserving buses which saw operational service in Cornwall. Vehicles predominately originated from the Western National Omnibus Co and can be seen at events throughout the West of England. The Society organises the Penzance Vintage Bus Running Day which has now become an annual event renowned for the spectacular scenery of the South West Cornish coast.

Website: Cornwall Bus Preservation Society

County Durham Bus Preservation Group

We are a group of vehicle owners that operate a building containing the largest collection of preserved buses and coaches on one site in the North East of England. The collection contains vehicles, most of which originate from the North East, from the 1940's right through to the 1980's Although the group is not a museum or club, access to view the vehicles can be made by prior arrangement.

Website: County Durham Bus Preservation Group

Coventry Transport Museum

The Museum is dedicated to collecting and exhibiting the products of a city that changed the world and focuses on the skills and innovation of its people. The majority of the collection is Coventry built or has a strong connection with the city. Coventry has had nearly 600 companies making cycles, motorcars, commercial vehicles and motorcycles. You can find out  about their fascinating histories and see vehicles made by world famous names throughout the Museum

Website: Coventry Transport Museum

Crich Tramway Village - home of the National Tramway Museum

Website: National Tramway Museum

Cumbria Classic Coaches

Cumbria Classic Coaches is a small friendly family run business specialising in running classic vintage half-cab buses and coaches, in other words - old buses. We have a fleet of four single deckers, two double deck buses and two vintage cars. We operate three timetabled service routes, seasonally from Kirkby Stephen to Hawes / Hardraw and ALL YEAR from Kirkby Stephen to Barnard Castle

Website: Cumbria Classic Coaches

Dennis Society

This site is for Owners of Dennis Buses. The Dennis Society is the focal point for owners and enthusiasts giving advice and information to assist in the restoration of buses built by Dennis Bros of Guildford.

Website: Dennis Society

Devon & Dorset Group

The Devon and Dorset Group is a small group of bus enthusiasts with strong links to the Devon and Dorset areas.  Between us, we have a collection of preserved buses, most of which have connections to the South West and several originated with one of the most famous and respected names in the bus industry, Devon General

Website: Devon & Dorset Group

Dewsbury Bus Museum

A small local group dedicated to the preservation of buses in the West Riding and surrounding areas.

Website: Dewsbury Bus Museum

Doncaster Omnibus and Light Railway Society

The Doncaster Omnibus & Light Railway Society, or DOLRS for short, are dedicated to preserving the public transport history of Doncaster. The Society has 6 former Doncaster Corporation vehicles in its care, including Doncaster's last trolleybus. We hold regular social meetings in Doncaster and are also involved in the operations of the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft.

Website: Doncaster Omnibus and Light Railway Society

Dundee Museum of Transport

In February 2010, representatives from several local groups formed a committee with a view to establishing an independent Dundee Museum of Transport. Since then we have established our own website (www.dmoft.co.uk) and have successfully achieved charitable status (SC041529). We are currently supported by various departments within Dundee City Council as well as our local Councillors and MSP’s.  We have been issued with a Museum Documentation Number for the purpose of accessioning, acquisitions and have also applied for Associate membership of the national body Museums Galleries Scotland.  Whilst our ultimate ambition is to acquire and renovate a derelict tram depot at Maryfield, we are at present sourcing alternative temporary premises and hope to be open to the public soon.

Website: Dundee Museum of Transport

East Anglia Transport Museum

Here at Carlton Colville you will find a museum unique to the last detail, for this is the only place in the British Isles where visitors can not only view but also ride on all three principal forms of public transport from the earlier part of the 20th century. Once inside the museum there is so much to see and do that you’ll want to stay all day. 

Website: East Anglia Transport Museum

East Kent Road Car Heritage Trust  

The Trust exists to collect together and preserve for future generations, all items pertaining to the former East Kent Road Car Co. from tickets to vehicles. While suitable premises are sought, the vehicles are shown to the public at outside events where our travelling museum can also be found.

Eastern Transport Collection Society

The Eastern Transport Collection Society is an Educational Charity, number 290666, and began as the Eastern Counties Omnibus Society in 1969 when a handful of bus enthusiasts in Norwich decided to form a group to buy a bus.  In 1971 the Society became the owner of Bristol Lodekka, LKD229. In 1984 the name was changed when charitable status was obtained. The Society has expanded over the years and has members from all over the country, but with a greater concentration in the eastern counties. Since the first vehicle bought in 1971 further buses were added to the collection and currently the Society owns 6 Bristol buses covering the types of vehicle seen in the 1940’s to 1980’s all once belonging to the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company. One of these is a Bristol KSW , the only one of its variant left in preservation, undergoing restoration after 30 years in storage. Vehicles are stored near Norwich, and together with members own vehicles, are available to view on request. A small museum contains various artefacts from both road and rail transport.

Website: Eastern Transport Collection Society

Friends of King Alfred Buses

FoKAB was founded in 1985 to assist James Freeman in the preservation of two KAMS buses that he had purchased - 104 and 591 (since scrapped). Since then further ex KAMS buses have been rescued, including two repatriated from the USA. FoKAB became a registered charity in 2001 and has nearly 300 members. It maintains 9 buses and 2 coaches in roadworthy condition and is currently restoring 708, the rare Leyland Olympic of 1950. 

Website: Friends of King Alfred Buses

Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust

The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust was established in 2002 with the aim to develop our working museum for vintage and historic buses, coaches and commercial vehicles. The trust is based at the ex Glasgow Corporation Transport garage at Bridgeton. Under the GVVT’s control, the garage has now become a focus for vehicle restoration and display, open days, bus “running” events and social gatherings.

Website: Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust

Golcar Transport Collection  

A unique collection of Karrier vehicles, most of which are long-term restoration projects. The collection includes a WL6 six-wheeled saloon with clerestory-roofed body built by English Electric.

Grampian Transport Museum Trust

This Museum is a great venue to go and spread a day searching through.  With new exhibitions for 2011 and many returning favourites it is sure to have something for everyone. Many of the exhibits are climb-aboard, hands-on or even ride-on which makes for great fun for the kids; young or old.  This year there are even more reasons to have a look at the Museum’s updated events programme, which includes events such as the new CycleFest and a week long Sci-Fi Convention, returning SpeedFest, and two family days. There are quizzes and treasure hunts for children as well as a picnic area, a child’s play area and free parking. So why wouldn’t you have an excellent day out at Grampian Transport Museum?

Website: Grampian Transport Museum Trust

Greater Manchester's Museum of Transport

If you fancy a really interesting, unusual and enjoyable day out, why not pay a visit to Greater Manchester’s Museum of Transport? It is just like taking a trip back in time as you wander through one of Britain’s biggest collection of restored trams, buses and coaches. Your amazing time-travelling journey will take you all the way from an elaborately painted Victorian open-top horse drawn tram, to the streamlined prototype of Manchester’s Metrolink tram. In between you’ll be able to see and sit in fascinating vehicles that range from a 1920’s solid-tyred bus, to early trams, trolley buses and even the ‘charras’ that took Manchester folk on their outings to the coast and countryside.

Website: Greater Manchester's Museum of Transport

Ipswich Transport Museum

Everything in the Ipswich Transport Museum was either built or operated in the Ipswich area.. There are over one hundred major exhibits that cover the development of transport and engineering. Major exhibits include buses and coaches from Ipswich Corporation, Eastern Counties and local independents, Ipswich trolleybuses, an Ipswich electric tram car, fire engines, commercial vehicles, horse drawn vehicles and much more. The museum is open from April to November, on Sundays and Bank holidays from 11am to 4pm and Mondays to Fridays in local school holidays from 1pm to 4pm. There is an established programme of special events, at most of which classic buses and or fire engines give free rides. The Museum is run by a charity and is fully registered. It is situated in Cobham Road Ipswich (IP3 9JD), in a former trolleybus depot now fully refurbished with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Website: Ipswich Transport Museum

Irish Transport Trust

Formed in 1969, the trust provides for the preservation recording exchange on all aspects pertaining to road transport history  current and future matters. A number of vehicles both pre-and postwar have been restored by Trust members and the Trust it self has eight vehicles from more time which are typical of those operated by Ulsterbus and Citybus over most of their existance. After a number of false starts the trust is currently in the process of obtaining both limited company and charitable status, leading to the ultimate ambition of establishing a museum dedicated to road passenger transport in Northern Ireland.

Website: Irish Transport Trust

Isle of Wight Bus Museum Trust

The collection ranges from a former Ryde Pier electric tram rebuilt in 1911 and a 1927 Daimler CK to a 1984 Olympian. Many of the vehicles are of Southern Vectis origin.

Website: Isle of Wight Bus Museum Trust

Keighley Bus Museum

Includes over 60 buses, trolleybuses and ancillary vehicles from operators across the North of England including the West Yorkshire Core Collection representing the former municipal fleets of Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield & Leeds.

Website: Keighley Bus Museum

Lancashire United Transport Society

The Society was formed in 2006 (the centenary of the original Lancashire United company) by a group of LUT enthusiasts. Based in Burscough, Lancashire the Society currently has a collection of 7 ex-Lancashire United vehicles in various stages of restoration. The Society’s aim is to return these vehicles back to operating condition and inaugurate a Lancashire United Running Day which will see these much-loved red buses back on the streets of Lancashire again.

Website: Lancashire United Transport Society

Leicester Transport Heritage Trust

The purpose of the Trust, which is an educational charity, is to bring together a wide variety of people with either specialist or a general road transport interest relating to Leicester and Leicestershire and to provide the opportunity to pool resources and publish the results of ongoing research on a wide range of local transport related topics. The area of study could be an aspect of the transport work force, a class of vehicle, an operator, or a manufacturer. The exchange of information is conducted by written correspondence and by regular informal meetings. The information is then either published in the group's journals "Leicester Wheels" or "Corpo" or as a separate publication. We sincerely believe that transport is also an integral part of the development of the region's social history.

Website: Leicester Transport Heritage Trust

Leyland National Group

Formed in 1997 to cater for enthusiasts, operators, owners and preservationists of the Leyland National and its derivatives. Members receive many benefits including a colour illustrated quarterly magazine containing fleet news, preservation news, rally reports, profiles on preserved Nationals, articles, questions & answers section, classified adverts, photographs and many other items of National interest. Members also get exclusive access to the members’ only area on the group’s website, which contains hundreds of Leyland National pictures.

Website: Leyland National Group

Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum

The Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society was founded in 1959, with the aim of preserving local vehicles of historic interest, and the collection has grown steadily over the years, the Museum now being home to over 65 vehicles – cars, buses and commercial vehicles from 8 decades.  There are also displays of transport history, including a traditional village workshop. The Museum is a modern building, fully wheelchair accessible.  Free parking is available on site (special arrangements may apply for special events.)

Website: Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum

London Transport Museum

Manx Transport Trust Ltd

The museum displays examples of public and commercial road transport using a combination of vehicles on loan from the Department of Community, Culture & Leisure and Douglas Corporation Transport, together with privately owned vehicles, and vehicles owned by the Trust. In addition to restoration and display, the Museum seeks to inform visitors of the Island’s transport history and to promote the necessary interest and skills to enable the maintenance and expansion of the facility for the future.

Website: Manx Transport Trust

Medstead Depot Omnibus Group  

The Medstead Depot is a storage facility. However, vehicles from Medstead Depot Omnibus Group are regularly to be seen at shows and rallies throughout the year. In addition to the vehicles listed, others belonging to members of the Aldershot & District Bus Interest Group and the Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust are associated with the group and stored on site from time to time. There is usually an open day once per year, associated with the Mid-Hants

Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society

The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society is one of Britain's best known transport restoration groups, having originally been established back in 1960 by students from Liverpool University, who wanted to save one of the city's famous Green Goddesses then operating in Glasgow. Since then the society has expanded to include people from all walks of life and gone on to resurrect more than half a dozen tramcars from derelict hulks. Today its collection amply illustrates the development of Britain's first generation tramways from the horse and steam tram era to a fully enclosed electric bogie car.

Website: Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society

Merseyside Transport Trust

The MTT's collection of former Liverpool Corporation Buses, ranging from one of the first post war AECs right though to the last bus delivered to the Corporation in 1969, is probably the country's most representative preserved collection from a municipal bus fleet.

Website: Merseyside Transport Trust

Midland Road Transport Group

A purpose-built museum building housing a collection of buses and lorries fully or partially restored. Situated at the Swanwick Junction site of the Midland Railway Centre. All vehicles are privately-owned by individual preservationists who provided finance to build the museum, which was completed in 2004.

Website: Midland Road Transport Group

Mike Sutcliffe Collection

This is a private collection of 9 early Leyland buses and it is the largest collection of solid-tyred buses in the World.   It includes the oldest British-built bus (1908 Leyland X2), the oldest single decker bus, and a full-sized charabanc which saw service it the First World War.   They have all been authentically and immaculately restored from a very derelict condition by Mike Sutcliffe, for which he was awarded the MBE "for Services to Motor Heritage", with help from his sons and friends, since he started in 1959.   The buses are available to be viewed by arrangement.

'Milestones' Hampshire's Living History Museum

Step indoors into a huge award winning living history museum. Explore a network of full size streets from late Victorian times to 1945. See period shops, vintage vehicles, a village green and even a working pub, and factory buildings depicting Thornycroft and Taskers works.

Website: 'Milestones' Hampshire's Living History Museum

Museum of Transport, Glasgow

Opening in Spring 2011, the new Riverside Museum will display Glasgow Museum’s internationally important transport and technology collections.  Ten years in the making, the new displays give an insight into the history of Glasgow and its people through how transport has changed the city.  The Riverside Museum is the new home to the Museum of Transport, which was open within the Kelvinhall until 2010.  Please see our website for more details.

Website: Museum to Transport, Glasgow

Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester

If you fancy a really interesting, unusual and enjoyable day out, why not pay a visit to Greater Manchester’s Museum of Transport? It is just like taking a trip back in time as you wander through one of Britain’s biggest collection of restored trams, buses and coaches. Your amazing time-travelling journey will take you all the way from an elaborately painted Victorian open-top horse drawn tram, to the streamlined prototype of Manchester’s Metrolink tram. In between you’ll be able to see and sit in fascinating vehicles that range from a 1920’s solid-tyred bus, to early trams, trolley buses and even the ‘charras’ that took Manchester folk on their outings to the coast and countryside.

Website: Museum of Transport Greater Manchester

National Transport Museum of Ireland, Howth

A voluntary Museum operated by The Transport Musem Society of Ireland. This collection is Ireland's only comprehensive collection of public and commercial road transport from 1880 to the 1980s.

Website: National Transport Museum of Ireland, Howth

North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd

The North East Bus Preservation Trust (NEBPT) was originally formed in 1980 and is a group of over 130 bus and coach enthusiasts dedicated to preserving the vehicles and heritage of the North East of England. We currently have three buildings used for storage and workshop facilities and own 18 vehicles. During the Winter months we hold indoor meetings, with regular slide shows/videos and occasionally a guest speaker from within the transport industry. From Spring onwards we arrange evening trips in a preserved vehicle belonging to the trust, or a bus kindly offered by an owner member. Occasionally trips are taken further afield when we visit rallies and events organised by other preservation groups, e.g. Lincoln and Manchester and we are regularly to be seen at venues or running days sponsored by other transport societies. Our members receive a bi-monthly newsletter to keep them up to date with what is happening within the Trust. There is an opportunity for members to help out on a purely voluntary basis at various events that we arrange. Our main gatherings are: The North East Bus & Coach Show at the MetroCentre (May), Durham (June) and Seaburn (August Bank Holiday Monday). Although active participation is not a requirement, any help is greatly valued and appreciated.

Website: North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd

North of England Open Air Museum

Beamish is a world famous open air museum that tells the story of life in North East England in Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian times.  Most of the houses, shops and other buildings you see here have been brought to Beamish, rebuilt and furnished as they once were. Costumed staff welcome visitors to The Town, Pit Village, Home Farm, Railway Station, Pockerley Old Hall and Railway. A one and a half mile length circular period tramway carries visitors around the Museum along with a replica 1913 Daimler bus.

Website: North of England Open Air Museum

North West Museum of Road Transport (formerly St.Helens Transport Museum)

Houses a collection of approximately 80 historic vehicles predominantly from the North West area, around 60 of which are on display at any one time. Also on display are several fire engines and classic cars from the 1960s and 1970s.

Website: North West Museum of Road Transport

Oxford Bus Museum

The Oxford Bus Museum has its origins in the Oxford Bus Preservation Syndicate, established in the late 1960s.  About 20 years later, a home was found at Long Hanborough for the establishment of a museum with charitable status.  This has grown to fill the site, with dedicated museum and workshop areas, together with a visitor centre.  About 40 vehicles tell the story of how the bus developed in the Oxford area, and - in a separate building - the history of Morris Motors.  Members are welcome to participate in running the Museum, which is open throughout the year, as well as to join in restoration projects.

Website: Oxford Bus Museum

Plymouth City Transport Preservation Group

The group was formed in July 2006 following a meeting held aboard 131 'Henry Winstanley' with Ralph Delbridge, Gareth Ruby and Ian Byrne in the former Tramshed at Milehouse Depot, Plymouth. Our aim is to preserve the history of Plymouth City Transport through vehicle preservation and archiving of photos, documents and artifacts and making the vehicles accessible to all. We plan to conduct regular member tours around the City akin to the 'Ghost Tram' of the 60's as well as attending local shows and events.

Website: Plymouth City Transport Preservation Group

Quantock Heritage

Quantock Motor Services has a large collection of beautifully restored and maintained vintage buses for any occasion. There is a range of colour schemes and seating numbers and even open top buses for the more adventurous. We can also offer a wide range of modern coaches within the fleet, including luxury diplomat style coaches, coaches with catering and bathroom facilities, and wheelchair accessible coaches and buses

Website: Quantock Heritage

Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust

Roger Burdett Collection

A collection of post-war touring and express coaches supplemented by Midlands originated historic buses and coaches

Ron Greet Nostalgic Transport

Nostalgic Transport is a Devon based small family owned and run company offering vintage buses, cars and limousines for weddings, anniversaries, birthday trips and all other special events.

Website: Ron Greet Nostalgic Transport

Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond

The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum is now the acknowledged focal point of historic bus restoration and operation in Scotland and houses, on a 49-acre site, around 170 vehicles. Most of these vehicles are of Scottish origin and are in varying levels of condition, from dilapidated to fully restored. The SVBM is run on a purely voluntary basis.  Management is undertaken by the Management Group which consists of the trustees (the museum is a registered charity) plus members whom the trustees consider to be sufficiently committed to the cause.

Website: Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond  

SELNEC Preservation Society

The Selnec Preservation Society, formed in 1987, has principally concentrated on reflecting the design and development unique to the Great Manchester area as a result of the creation of the Selnec Standard vehicle in 1970, borne out of a need to rationalise body design and chassis configurations with the Selnec PTE, having inherited 13 bus fleets on 1st November 1969. We also have preserved examples of other vehicles purchased and operated by Selnec and its successors, GMT AND GMB, including single-deckers such as Seddons and Nationals, and double-deck vehicles such as Titans, Metrobuses and Olympians.

Website: SELNEC Preservation Society

South Wales Transport Preservation Group

The Group restores and preserves buses of former public transport companies of South and West Wales. Our impressive collection comprises of buses from SWT, its associates and other companies, including United Welsh, Morris Bros., Rees & Williams, Swan Motor Co., Neath & Cardiff, Llynfi, Red & White, Western Welsh and London Transport. Our bus museum also contains a small collection of goods vehicles such as classic Scammell Scarabs. The Group is a successor to one established in 1997 at Upper Bank in Pentrechwyth, Swansea.

Website: South Wales Transport Preservation Group

South Yorkshire Transport Museum (formerly Sheffield Bus Museum)

The origins of the South Yorkshire Transport Museum can be traced back to the Sheffield Bus Museum which occupied a bay at the Tinsley Tram Sheds from 1987 until 2007. In that year there was an opportunity to relocate to a brand new building at Aldwarke, Rotherham. At the same time the decision was taken to widen the remit of the Museum and represent all forms of transport in the region. Steady progress has been made and the Museum’s regular audience is now a good mix of families and enthusiasts, young and old.

Website: South Yorkshire Transport Museum

Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust

Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust (S&DTHT) was formed in the summer of 2000 and drew members from groups including the now defunct Southampton City Transport enthusiasts 7164 Group. The Trust works closely with Southampton City Heritage and has regular meetings to discuss the retention and preservation of interesting vehicles, and how it might support other projects with which the City Council is involved.

Website: Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust

Southdown Historic Vehicle Group

Website: Southdown Historic Vehicle Group

St Margaret's Transport Society

Formed in 1979, the Society specialises in single deck half-cabs from the 1940s and 1950s. Meetings are held regularly to carry out vehicle restoration. Visitors are welcome but prior appointment is essential

Website: St Margaret's Transport Society

Stedham Garage  

TH Collection

The TH Collection aims to restore and display coachwork produced by Thomas Harrington Ltd of Hove, Sussex. Most of the examples are unique body and chassis combinations. The collection is privately owned and not normally open to the public, though visits can be arranged. Vehicle details can be found as part of the Harrington Coachwork website. This on-line resource complements the TH Collection and provides a broad history of the company with features that include design descriptions and a list of all known Harrington vehicles in preservation.

Website: TH Collection

Thames Valley and Great Western Omnibus Trust

TV&GWOT is a registered charity which was established in 2008 “to advance the education of the public in the history of public road passenger transport and in particular in the history of those companies and types of vehicles operated through the Thames Valley and Great Western road transport corridors.”  This is done by organising vintage bus and coach running days and long distance runs, and by preserving and restoring historic buses and coaches.  Two vehicles from the Colin Billington Collection have been put on long term loan to the Trust (the 1927 GWR Guy and the 1927 National Omnibus & Transport Co Leyland PLSC3 Lion) and the Trust is expecting to take an increasing role in exploiting the Collection both in Berkshire and the West Country for public benefit.  Group visits may be accommodated by prior arrangement.  The restoration of the GWR Guy is almost complete and it is intended that this vehicle will visit a significant number of public events and preserved railways after completion in early 2011

Website: www.tvagwot.org.uk

The 500 Group

The 500 Group was formed in 1989 for people who have an interest in the buses and operations of Cleveland Transit and its predecessors. We now have over a hundred and thirty members, many from outside the area and some from overseas. They are from all social and age groups, but all have an interest in buses.
We cater for those whose interest is in historical matters, preservation of vehicles and vintage bus rallies as well as the modern transport scene.

Website: The 500 Group

The Leyland Society

Website: The Leyland Society

The Provincial Society

The Provincial Society is a registered charity which has been established for all those interested in any aspect of the operations and vehicles of the former Provincial Tramways Company, the Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Company, The Provincial Bus Company and all successor and associated companies from 1870 to the present day. Two rare vehicles have been donated to the society – a wartime Guy Arab Bus-Coach double decker and the ACE Cougar with Wadham Stringer body. An annual rally is organised by the society at Stokes Bay, Gosport on the first Sunday in August.

Website: Provincial Society

The Science Museum, Wroughton

The Science Museum at Wroughton is a Second World War maintenance airfield in Wiltshire and has been occupied by the Science Museum since the 1970s. Six original aircraft hangars house items from the science, engineering, transport and agricultural reserve collections. There is also a research store, built in 1993, which has a stable environment and is ideal for sensitive objects. These are working stores and, as such, are not open to the public except for pre-booked behind-the-scenes tours during the summer months and occasional special events.

Website: The Science Museum

The Transport Museum, Wythall

The museum has three vehicle halls which accommodate one of the most significant collections of preserved buses in the country, plus a unique collection of battery electric road vehicles. It has the largest collection of preserved Midland Red buses and can probably make the same claim for Birmingham City Transport.  It is open to casual visitors between 11a.m. and 4.30p.m. each Saturday and Sunday between March and the end of November, and Wednesday afternoons 1pm to 4:30pm between May and August.  Throughout the year there are themed Event Days when museum buses offer rides and the cafeteria and shop are open.

Website: The Transport Museum, Wythall

Three Counties Bus and Commercial Vehicle Museum

A large collection of vehicles, ranging from 1930 to the present day, predominantly from the local area of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and their operators. The group seeks to further the interest and onward preservation of vehicles from the area and encourage education about all aspects of passenger transport within the three counties.

Website: Three Counties Bus and Commercial Vehicle Museum

Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group Ltd

Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group was formed in 2004, with the entry into preservation of one of the last surviving Leeds jumbo Atlanteans (and the last bus delivered to Leeds City Transport), SUG591M.  Since then, other more modern vehicles have joined this collection, including C507KBT, one of West Yorkshire PTE's express coach seated Olympians, this particular one being Optare's first double decker.  The group also owns one of the few Leyland Cubs in preservation, and one of the few Optare Star Riders.

Website: Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group Ltd

Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft

It was in late 1969 that four separate enthusiast groups - The Reading Transport Society, The Doncaster Omnibus and Light Railway Society, the West Riding Transport Society and the Notts. & Derbys. Transport Society - came together to establish a working trolleybus museum on four derelict acres of a World War Two RAF airfield at Sandtoft, near Doncaster. Sandtoft is in the parish of Belton and in an area known as the Isle of Axholme, at that time in the Lindsey area of the County of Lincolnshire but now within the precincts of North Lincolnshire.

Website: Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft

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West Country Historic Omnibus and Transport Trust

The WHOTT is actively seeking a vehicle restoration and storage centre in the West Country, devoted to the history of public and commercial road transport in the region.  In the meantime, we already operate a mobile museum within a preserved Leyland Panther bus which visits events throughout the area and have established  a secure archive in Plymouth which contains a wide range of relevant artefacts, photographs, documents and publications. The trust currently cares for 19 vehicles covering the period 1938 to 1994 including traditional half-cab single and double deck buses, coaches, minibuses and commercial vehicles. The restoration, displays and archives have been developed with the support and skills of Friends of the trust.

Website: West Country Historic Omnibus and Transport Trust

West of England Transport Collection

A large private collection of vehicles, mainly from West Country major operators. The collection includes buses, coaches and transport memorabilia.

Website: West of England Transport Collection

Western Isles Transport Preservation Group

The collection of vehicles can be visited at any time by prior arrangement. At present stored at a variety of locations, the group is planning to bring the collection to a common site incorporating a working museum.

Website: Western Isles Transport Preservation Group

Wigan Transport Trust

The Wigan Transport Trust was established in March 2004 from the Wigan Transport Society, which had repatriated former Wigan Corporation Panther Cub No 20 from Malta. The society also organised the successful Wigan 100 rally in September 2002, marking 100 years since the formation of Wigan Corporation Transport. Our collection comprises of former Wigan Corporation vehicles and other items from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The collection also includes later vehicles representative of public transport in Wigan up to bus deregulation in 1986.

Website: Wigan Transport Trust

Working Omnibus Museum Project  

Workington Transport Heritage Trust

WTHT is a registered charity and Company limited by guarantee. We lease two buildings in which to keep our vehicles and artefacts  plus several privately owned buses. We own a number of buses, fire engines and other vehicles some of which are used in community events. Volunteers are engaged in restoring , maintaining and operating these historic vehicles. We have established an events programme making our activities self funding whilst building up a financial reserve for the future. Our aim is to build up a visitor attraction in Workington helping to promote more employment, training and volunteering opportunities.

Website: Workington Transport Heritage Trust

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Yeldham Transport Museum

Website: Yeldham Transport Museum