Museums · Yorkshire & the Humber
Dewsbury Bus Museum
Dewsbury Bus Museum — bus museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Ravensthorpe · 0.7 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Dewsbury Bus Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Address: WF13 3HW. Wikidata describes it as: "bus museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England". Coordinates: 53.6791°, -1.6652°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Dewsbury Bus Museum is a museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England. Opened to the public in September 1989, it is owned and operated by the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust, a registered charity, and is run entirely by volunteer effort. It is home to the only two surviving Guy Wulfrunian double deck buses and several other West Riding Automobile Company vehicles as well as others from Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co, Yorkshire Traction Company, West Yorkshire PTE, Huddersfield and Halifax Corporations and local independent J. Wood of Mirfield.
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Background
Architecture
Prior to the redevelopment of the site in the late 1980s, there had been a small depot on the site belonging to the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Company of Dewsbury since the 1930s. In later years, it had been used to store de-licensed coaches during the winter but by the early 1980s, it had fallen into disrepair and out of use until it was offered for sale to the West Riding Omnibus Preservation Society (WROPS) for the storage of their collection of preserved buses and coaches. WROPS formed the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust to purchase the building and used it until its condition deteriorated further when it was demolished and the current structure erected.
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- Coordinates
- 53.6791, -1.6652
- District
- Kirklees
- Parish
- Kirklees, unparished area
- Postcode
- WF13 3HW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Established
- 1989
- Nearest railway station
- Ravensthorpe — 0.7 km
- Official site
- www.dewsburybusmuseum.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q102679684 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dewsbury Bus Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: 995 and 670 at DBM.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dewsbury Bus Museum?
- Dewsbury Bus Museum is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode WF13 3HW), in the parish of Kirklees, unparished area.
- When was Dewsbury Bus Museum built?
- Built or established in 1989.
- Who owns Dewsbury Bus Museum?
- Dewsbury Bus Museum is owned by West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust.
- How do I get to Dewsbury Bus Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Ravensthorpe, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WF13 3HW.