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Brooklands Museum is a motoring and aviation museum occupying part of the former Brooklands Motor Course in Weybridge, Surrey, England.. Formally opened in 1991, the museum is operated by the independent Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd, a private limited company (No.02109945) and a registered UK charity (No.296661); its aim is to conserve, protect and interpret the heritage of the Brooklands site.
The Brooklands motor circuit was the brainchild of Hugh Fortescue Locke-King, and was the first purpose-built banked motor race circuit in the world.Following the Motor Car Act 1903, Britain was subject to a blanket 20 mph (32 km/h) speed limit on public roads: at a time when nearly 50% of the world's new cars were produced in France, there was concern that Britain's infant auto-industry would ...
Now situated in the grounds of Brooklands Museum so you get the Brooklands and the Bus museum for the one entry fee. Formerly the Cobham Bus Museum. Loseley Park: Compton: Guildford: Historic house: 16th century manor house Mercedes-Benz World: Weybridge: Elmbridge: Automotive: Exhibits of cars, facility at the Brooklands motor racing circuit ...
The adjacent Brooklands Museum has a large collection of early motorcars, motorbikes and aeroplanes associated with Brooklands, including a Concorde, as well as a cafe, a restaurant and a kids' area. Also adjacent is London Bus Museum which displays some 35 historic London buses dating back to the 1870s.
The Halford Special is currently kept at the Grand Prix exhibit at the Brooklands Motor Museum and is still used periodically in Vintage Sports Car Club and other events for historic racing cars. The car was involved in an accident at a VSCC race meeting at Silverstone in 2008 but is now restored back to original condition.
Billed as the second-oldest continuously operating antique car museum in America, this destination celebrates all things automotive from antiques and exotics to European and one-of-a-kind models.
To raise funds and support for the museum two new groups were formed, principally the Friends of Brooklands Museum but also a more prestigious entity the Brooklands Club. After the initial renovation, the museum opened in 1991 displaying artifacts from both motoring and aviation related to the Brooklands site.
The car was purchased by Brooklands Museum circa 1997 with the support of the UK's Heritage Lottery Fund and other donors. It is maintained in fully working order and is normally on display in one of the museum's 1930s motoring sheds. The car is run regularly and is usually present at the Goodwood Revival motor race meeting every September.