Days Out: Gaydon British Motor Museum

The British Motor Museum at Gaydon in Warwickshire is the largest collection of historic British cars in the world. There are currently 300 classic cars on display from the british Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust. The museum displays Land Rover cars as well and has a selection of MINIs. There are also a small selection of cars used in films. I visited the museum in early September when an MX-5 event was hosted.

The collection of cars at the Gaydon British Motor Museum contains the first Land Rover, Land Rovers used by the royal family, a Jaguar owned by Princess Diana, Land Rover prototypes, a 'Shaun the Sheep' Land Rover, Metro 6R4 rally car, the first MINI produced, MG speed record cars, the last MINI produced in 2000, MINIs that won the Monte Carlo Rally in the 1960s, MINI prototypes, FAB1 from 'Thunderbirds' film, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, Jaguar R1Forumula One racecar from 2000, a MINI made of Lego bricks, and much more. Photographs of a few of the cars in the collection can be seen below.

Gaydon British Motor Museum hosts several events throughout the year for visitors throughout the year, and it makes an interesting visit. The only thing that I felt could be better was to have more space. There are quite a lot of cars on display, but many of these are packed in close together, so it is difficult to see all of the cars. Some of the more interesting cars do have more space around them, but overall, it is a little bit busy in the museum.