Where is the British Motor Museum?

The British Motor Museum is at Banbury Road, Gaydon, Lighthorne Heath, Warwick, CV35 0BJ

British Motor Museum and former RAF Gaydon airfield from an Ryanair plane (May 2019).  Photography by Elliott Brown

In Brief

The site in Warwickshire was originally the RAF Gaydon airfield, later to become Rover Group's Gaydon site in Warwickshire, The creation of the British Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968 brought multiple British motor companies together including Austin, Jaguar, Morris, MG, Riley, Rover, Standard Triumph, and Wolseley. By 1975 a collection of historic vehicles began to grow, then the  British Motor Industry Heritage Trust  was created in 1983. The Austin Rover Group Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust joined the site by 1990. Some Jaguar's later moved to Coventry. The museum became a designated collection by 2014. A Collection Centre building was opened in 2016, which houses both BMIHT and Jaguar Heritage Trust cars.

Collection Centre

This building was built between 2014 and 2016. Ground floor is the Jaguar Heritage Trust, first floor a variety of classic and modern cars. Plus a repair shop.

British Motor Museum (May 2024).  Photography by Elliott Brown

A look around British Motor Museum

A variety of classic and modern cars from the late 19th century to the early 21st century, mostly British made.

British Motor Museum (May 2024). Photography by Elliott Brown

Jaguar Heritage Trust

British Motor Museum (May 2024). Photography by Elliott Brown

Contact details and tickets

British Motor Museum