My Visit to Lakeland Motor Museum
A trip to the UK in 2017 took me through the Lake District where I found the delightfully diverse Lakeland Motor Museum.
Everything about my visit to Lakeland was good, starting with it being easy to find, and plenty of free parking available right across the private road from the entrance.
Yep, this is definitely the place!
As I walked in the front door my eye caught a sign which definitely bore looking into later.
First impression when walking in is that there is a LOT of stuff in here! There are cars everywhere, Bikes and period paraphernalia all over the walls, aircraft hanging from the ceiling! I could be here much longer than I had anticipated.
I started walking through the corridors between the exhibits - here are some of the cool cars and other stuff that I found.
A beautiful old Royal Enfield
Ford Model T Truck
1913 Star 12hp
Donald Campbells 1937 Bentley 4 1/2
1937 Jaaaaaaguar SS 100
1955 Jaaaaaaguar XK140FHC
Struggling to find words.. Interesting, maybe?
2000 TVR Speed 12 - Stunning!
1953 Ford Popular
Plenty of 3-wheelers to see!
The famous Mini Cooper!
1960 MGA Roadster with a couple of suspicious looking occupants
The quirky 1966 Amphicar - very handy for flooded roads!
A really nice Citroen DS
And a lovely 2CV
And one of Jezzas all-time favourites, the Peel P50!
A lovely Triumph TR5
Hundreds of great Models too!
A view from Upstairs
Quite a few of those new-fangled flying machines too.
A few more models :)
Even Bicycles - Lakeland has some of EVERYTHING!
Dozens and dozens of beautiful vintage and veteran Motorbikes
I can't remember what year this Scott was, but I think it was early 20's. And just LOOK at that styling and detail. Just amazing.
A Stunning 1931 MG M Type Midget
A 1983 Bamby - I've never seen one before.
The obligatory DeLorean
There was SO much more, but now I'll take you for a quick trip over the Bluebird Exhibition
A replica of Sir Malcolm Campbells 1935 Bluebird Car, which set a Land Speed Record of over 300mph.
A replica of Sir Malcolm Campbells 1939 Bluebird Boat, which set a long-standing Water Speed Record of 141.74 mpg
A Replica of Donald Campbells 1967 Jet Hydroplane K7. Donald died in the real version of this boat, trying to set a World Speed Record of over 300mph.
And here's the end :( of your super-short tour of Lakelands. There is SO much more to discover than I have shown here. If you get a chance - GO! I really enjoyed myself, and you will too!
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Comments (13)
Did you see the original rebuilt bluebird jet powered boat on the lake as they were testing it this year and are hoping to do a timed run in it.
no! wow... that would be something else to see !
Sky news were covering it's first test runs. Looked beautiful
I love Don Campbell's 1937 Bentley!
Agreed.. absolutely beautiful!
That TvR speed 12 is batshit crazy. Soooo cool
wild looking car!
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Next to the model of K7 you can just see Bluebird Electric One, a car which broke the land speed record for an electric vehicle in the hands of Campbell's nephew Don Wales