Museums · West Midlands
Cotswold Motoring Museum
Cotswold Motoring Museum — museum in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Kingham · 9.2 km
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Cotswold Motoring Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1978. Address: GL54 2BY. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.8847°, -1.7592°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Cotswold Motoring Museum is a museum in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. It features motoring history of the 20th century.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The museum was founded in 1978 by car collector Mike Cavanagh, who also featured in the children's TV series Brum. In 1999, Cavanagh sold it to the Civil Service Motoring Association, a not-for-profit organisation, who continues to run it to this day.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.8847, -1.7592
- County
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Cotswold
- Parish
- Bourton-on-the-Water
- Postcode
- GL54 2BY
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Cotswolds
- Phone
- +44 1451 821255
- Established
- 1978
- Nearest railway station
- Kingham — 9.2 km
- Opening
- Mo-Su,PH 10:00-18:00
- Official site
- www.cotswold-motor-museum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5175487 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cotswold Motoring Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cotswold Motoring Museum.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cotswold Motoring Museum?
- Cotswold Motoring Museum is in Gloucestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode GL54 2BY), in the parish of Bourton-on-the-Water.
- When was Cotswold Motoring Museum built?
- Built or established in 1978.
- Is Cotswold Motoring Museum a protected site?
- Yes — Cotswold Motoring Museum is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Cotswold Motoring Museum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GL54 2BY. It sits within the North Cotswolds parliamentary constituency.