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My Motoring Week…
A busy week at Great British Car Journey finished off with Father’s Day and hundreds of cars and visitors. My daily commute has been in
Amphibious car sets sail at Great British Car Journey
Is it a duck? Is it a boat? Is it a car? It’s all three. It’s a Dutton 4WD Surf – an amphibious vehicle can
New Cars Added to the Drive Dads Car Fleet
We are excited to announce that we have now increased our Drive Dads Car Fleet to over 40 classic cars that are all available to
Great British Car Journey named as a top new tourism business in national awards
Just two years after opening, the Great British Car Journey, an interactive car museum in Derbyshire, has been named as one of the top new
Unique piece of BMC history goes on display at Great British Car Journey
A unique piece of BMC history – a restored ‘skeleton’ example of the Austin 1100 Countryman – is now on display at Great British Car
Great British Car Journey introduces new Park and Peek visitor ticket
Did you know that you can now ‘Park and Peek’ at Great British Car Journey? A new entry ticket has been introduced to the classic
Fiesta of Fords
Ford has been part of the car landscape in the UK since the dawn of motoring with the Model T assembled in Manchester being the
Happy 2nd Birthday to Great British Car Journey!
Two years ago today Great British Car Journey opened its doors to the public! We want to thank everyone who has visited us and continues to support
Mini and Issigonis Day – May 28th
The Suez crisis of 1956 prompted Len Lord who was in charge of BMC the merged Austin and Morris empire, to put the production of
Merchandise Range Update for 2023
Last year we launched our first foray into car merchandise with our licensing deal with Autocar Magazine for their beautiful cover illustrations . After speaking
Join us for 75th celebrations at our Morris Minor Day
The Morris Minor made its debut at the British Motor Show at Earls Court in October 1948. Alec Issigonis’ first great volume design is therefore
Rover Day – 14 May 2023
Hopefully watching from above, John Kemp Starley, would have observed the car park at Great British Car Journey largely populated by Rovers on Sunday 14th
Founder’s Classic Week of Driving
Despite having a rather busy weekend, I managed to squeeze a little bit of Classic motoring into my week. It started with a familiarisation drive
April goes out with a bang and May starts with one!
We enjoyed a fantastic weekend at Great British Car Journey as April moved into May last week. Both Saturday, Sunday and Monday (May Day) were
Great British Car Journey announced as finalist in VisitEngland Awards for Excellence
Great British Car journey has reached the finals of the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence.
