Brooklands have a LOT of exhibits but my family limited their interest to the aircraft for this visit. Lots to see and all four of us enjoyed it. Brooklands Museum staff were very helpful and knowledgeable. We all loved the lady in the Sultans VC10 in particulr whose name was Bobby. WHAT a character! Definitely would go again.
Excellent and extensive displays of historic aircraft, racing cars and London buses and, of course, a Concorde! Volunteer staff numerous, very friendly and knowledgeable. Good selection of hot and cold food and very good value.Constructive criticism? Colorful website but gives inadequate clarity to extent of fascinating exhibits. We were very pleasantly surprised. Well worth a visit.
So much to see on a nice sunday afternoon, something for all the family. Its well maintained easy to find. I would go back as going round when its busy is hard to see things etc.
We took our 4 year old grandson to see the cars , planes buses etc and he loved it. We thought because he was so young he would be bored but was interested in everything that was there. The café that supplied hot or cold food was not too badly priced. The helpers at the museum were very good coming up to us all and telling us the history of the cars etc and they also spoke to our grandson as well . He enjoyed sitting in a F1 car and an aeroplane cockpit. All in all a great day out and we would go back again.
Can thoroughly recommend Brooklands Museum for a good day out, the staff are so friendly and interested in their visitors. The Concorde Experience is especially good and as it was my birthday when we visited and the museum was not busy, they let me sit in the flight simulator whilst it was in operation that is not normally part of the tour.
Being a local I have watched this little gem of a museum grow over the last 20 years from a fragile quirky "club" to a fantastic attraction which still retains a delightful "gentleman amateur" charm. It has the Loch Ness Wellington bomber, a real Concorde, Formula1 cars, a brilliant banked track simulator and an wonderfully eclectic collection of planes, cars, bicycles and buses. It has just been granted a £4M Lottery facelift so will just go on getting better and better. Combine it with a visit to Mercedes World (next door) for a great day out.
We had a fantastic day out. We went because we are members of a vintage car club and our club had notified us of an Austin and Morris cars day. We had no idea really of how big the museum is with displays of all types of transport. We tried to see everthing but we failed! Wwent mainly to see the vintage cars that had assembled from all over the country, but we moved around a lot, we even had a trip on one of the original Concord aircraft which is on display amongst a whole range of commercial and military aircraft. The London Bus Museum is also on the site. The remnence of the original Brooklands race track is still to be seen as well. I could go on and on........There are plenty of facilities for eating etc, free parking very close to site is a bonus and it is easy to get to being only a few minutes from the M25.Excellent value money.
The various areas to see are a bit jumbled up, but this perhaps adds to the fun of finding the unexpected. For example, you wander in a hangar where the main attraction is a restoration project of an aeroplane recovered from Loch Ness, then it's into the Bus museum, then onto the relatively modern planes which you can actually inspect internally. My favourite is the one owned by a middle Eastern Royal. There also is Concorde.The displays are all great with many period features included. We stayed for around 3 hours, but the males in our party wanted to stay longer whilst the females were ready to leave after half an hour ! The kids were fascinated and would have stayed longer.
Wonderful museum with several excellent collections. Impressive racing cars from all periods from the early days to modern Formula 1 race cars, including many examples that used to race around the incredible banked circuit that can be seen around the museum. Good collections of older cars, motorcycles, and pedal cycles back to the penny farthing.A separate museum within a museum celebrates the history of the London Buses, from early horse drawn vehicles, through classic red buses and coaches, to more recent examples. Sadly no trams or trolley buses. This was however my favourite part of the day. A number of interesting commercial vehicles are dotted around the museum.Along with Concorde and classic Vickers airliners, the museum also holds some rare military aircraft, including the Vickers Wellington and the Vickers Vimy replica. I would have liked to see more of the aircraft industrial history of the area addressed by the displays.Overall, a tremendous day out, with good facilities for all the family, and plenty of parking. An excellent lunch was had at the restaurant in the central pavilion.
Staffed by enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers. We came on the weekend of the historic car auction which made it more interesting.