National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Beaulieu, New Forest
Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0
A national collection of cars, motorcycles and motoring memorabilia on the Beaulieu estate, running from early motor carriages to Formula 1 cars and land speed record breakers. Entry is part of the single Beaulieu ticket, which also covers Palace House, Beaulieu Abbey, the gardens and the monorail.
Highlights
- Driven: Britain's Motoring Story gallery
- Grand Prix Greats and Road, Race and Rally motor sport displays
- Land speed record cars in For Britain and For the Hell of It
- Jack Tucker's 1930s garage
- On Screen Cars and a Disney and Pixar Cars display
Good to know
- Dogs on leads are welcome in the grounds but not inside the museum; there is an unsupervised area beneath the museum entrance where dogs can wait
- Return for free within six days of your first visit, except on major event days
- Brockenhurst is the nearest main line station, about seven miles away
Getting there
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire, SO42 7ZNParking: Free parking for up to 1,000 cars, with a separate car park for disabled visitors near Visitor Reception and space for motorhomes in the coach park. There is no EV charging on site.
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Palace House and Beaulieu Abbey
Palace House began as the gatehouse of Beaulieu Abbey and has been the Montagu family home since 1538, remodelled in the 1800s as a Victorian country house overlooking the Beaulieu River millpond. Close by are the conserved ruins and cloister of the Cistercian abbey founded by King John in the 13th century, set in gardens laid out over the old abbey grounds.
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0Hatchet Pond
The largest body of fresh water in the New Forest, a small, shallow lake on open heath between Beaulieu and Brockenhurst. It is protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation for its rare wetland plants and freshwater wildlife, and has been through a major restoration in recent years.
Buckler's Hard Museum and Village
An 18th-century shipbuilding village on the Beaulieu River where warships for Nelson's navy were built, including three that fought at Trafalgar. The museum and reconstructed cottages tell the story of the shipyard and the families who lived there, and the wide village street running down to the river is free to explore.