Motorsnippets directory of over 170 museums situated in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and all of Ireland that have significant or interesting road transport collections.

You are encouraged to visit them, firstly on the web and then in person.

There is a wealth of different museums to choose from. Included here are museums of cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, racing cars, military vehicles, horsedrawn carriages and bicycles. They stretch from Cornwall to Scotland and Kent to Killarney. They vary in size from small, family run collections to the large nationals.

All have one thing in common - an enthusiasm for the subject.

Bargain buy by Lakeland.

Bluebird K4 replica boat now on show.

One of the features of the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year were the three Rolls-Royce powered record breakers, the Schneider Trophy aeroplane, and the Bluebird car which finally took the record in 1935 were both genuine. The K4 Bluebird boat, (the original of which no longer exists) was a reproduction made for Lord March by the Hothouse Movie Effects company, it is reputed to have cost over £35,000.

After the Festival of Speed it was consigned to auction where it was offered at no reserve. There appeared to be no interest, so Don Sidebottom who owns the Lakeland Motror Museum was able to buy it for just £1,000! Don, a great collector of Campbell memorabilia already has the replica of Donald Campbell’s 1967 K7 Hydroplane which was used in the BBC film “Across the Lake”. On show at the museum in the grounds of Holker ....to see the rest click here!