What's on and event days 2026
A mixture of Main Events & something special on normal weekends.
MAIN EVENTS include additional visiting vehicles, extensive fee bus rides and sales stands ​​​selling memorabilia, models and photographs. On these days we run a free bus service to the museum from Birmingham Horse Fair bus stop HF1 opposite the O2 Arena at 10.30 with a return trip late afternoon. Special timetables are in operation and will be published a day or two before the event.
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To book your vehicle or sales stand please click here for our booking form
February Half Term Saturday/Sunday Feb 14/15th, Wednesday Feb 18th &
Saturday/Sunday Feb 21/22nd
​This year we open early again for the school half term holidays. Free bus rides (subject to weather)​ but sorry No Miniature Train Rides
10.30am - 4.00pm WINTER admission prices Adults £6 children £3 Family (1 Adult+2) £10 (2 Adults+2) £15​​​
Saturday February 21st Statbus by night @Statfold barn railway
An offsite event in conjunction with our partners at Statfold. The ultimate collaboration between steam and bus! Owners and operators of modern and heritage vehicles are welcome to attend the show where you can display your vehicle.To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here. For more information, please visit statfold.com
Saturdays and Sundays March 1st to 29th - Reduced Prices Winter Openings
Low key winter openings each weekend until the end of March. No miniature train rides, free bus rides dependent on weather. Museum, cafe & shop open as normal.
10.30am - 4.00pm WINTER admission prices Adults £6 children £3 Family (1 Adult+2) £10 (2 Adults+2) £15
Sunday March 15th - Mothers Day
​Treat your mom to the best day out with a vintage ride and you've still got time for that pub lunch! Free entry for moms with a kid (any age)
10.30am - 4.00pm Winter admission prices 10.30am - 4.00pm WINTER admission prices Adults £6 children £3 Family (1 Adult+2) £10 (2 Adults+2) £15
Easter School Holidays - Back to normal
Open Wednesdays 1st & 8th April plus all weekends from now until November! Miniature train rides, free bus rides, cafe, shop picnic and play areas all back to normal!
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Saturday April 4th - Bond Bug Gathering
The famous orange bugs will be on parade at Wythall
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday/Monday April 5/6th EASTER MAIN EVENT & Bristol Owners Gathering ​​​
​Our first Main Event in 2026 sees the annual get together of Bristol Buses at the museum, plus the Easter Bunny hunt for the kids. Find the bunnies and get your crème egg reward. Lots of bus rides and sales stands.
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​Easter Bank Holiday also marks the start of our Outer Circle 100 celebrations
The famous Birmingham No 11 route is 100 years old this year
Our Outer Circle Exhibition opens this weekend​​
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10.30am - 4.30pm Main event admission prices Adults £12 children £6
Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
Sunday April 26th
Drive It Day plus April CCW Classic Car Breakfast Meeting​​​
The day when all classic vehicle owners are encouraged to take their vehicles out on the road and are welcome to visit the Museum plus our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​
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Already booked in are the Daimler & Lanchester Owners Club - WM Branch and the Midland Rolls Royce ClubFor classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.​
Classic Car Owners 9.00am-12.00pm Drivers Free, Passengers £5
Museum Visitors 10.30am-4.00pm
Normal Admission Prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday & Monday May 3rd/4th - May Day Bank Holiday
A normal opening day for this bank holiday with the miniature train plus extra free bus rides into the blossoming spring countryside
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Saturday & Sunday May 16th/17th - The Harrington Gathering
The museum is proud to host the return of the Harrington Gathering in 2026 when we hope to see the largest ever rally of iconic Harrington coaches and cars plus any other Harrington coach built product that surfaces in the meantime. The 2023 event was much appreciated by all 400 people that visited Wythall on the day with coaches representing eight decades of art deco-inspired design on a number of different chassis.​
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday/Monday May 24/25th MAIN EVENT Days Spring Bank Holiday
It's all happening this bank holiday! Our main event features visiting buses, frequent bus rides and visiting sales stands. All the usual museum facilities, plus...
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​Outer Circle 100
Special vehicle runs to celebrate the centenary of the famous number 11 route plus...
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​Model Bus Federation Displays on Monday May 26th​​
​10.30am-4.30pm
Main event admission prices Adults £12 children £6 Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
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10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday June 14th London Comes to Wythall
This is a chance to experience a ride on the Capital's iconic vehicles on our museum services 'north of Watford', includes a number of visiting London buses and displays of memorabilia. To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here ​​​
Sunday June 21st - CCW Car Meeting
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​ ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Saturday & Sunday June 27/28th - Low Floor Running Day
The museum is blessed with several examples of what some may call ‘new buses’, although step free access was a mid-1990s phenomenon. The fleet will be joined by visitors for a themed day that appeals to a much younger audience than our regular running days.
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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Saturday July 4th - Wythall Busfest @ Gaydon
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2026 sees the fifth event at Gaydon as it now gains a firm footing in the annual bus rally calendar. This year we focus on Daimler in its 130th year with a display of Museum vehicles alongside visitors. All Daimler PSV types from all eras are welcome and visitors will be able to visit the Daimler Heritage Trust, which is situated on the Gaydon site, to view the magnificent range of Daimler cars that populate their collection.
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Open at Gaydon 9.00am - 4.30pm
Click here for vehicle bookings
Click here for sales stand bookings
click here for admission prices and pre-booking​
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Our museum is open at Wythall too, for the normal Saturday bus and train rides.
Open at Wythall 10.30am -4.00pm Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday July 19th - CCW Car Meeting
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​ ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Wednesday July 22nd - The School Summer Holidays !
At last the summer is here. Schools out and we're open every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday ​​until the end of August. Lets hope for sunshine, ice cream and free open top bus rides
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday August 9th - Blues & Twos
An opportunity for the blue light vehicle enthusiasts to see a gathering of police, fire and ambulance vehicles and possibly an Air Ambulance. Owners of classic blue light vehicles are welcome to display, free of charge to the driver.
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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Sunday August 16th - CCW Car Meeting
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​ ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday & Monday August 30th/31st MAIN EVENT
The Great British Bank Holiday & Daimler 130
Plenty of open top bus rides in the sunshine plus....
Daimler 130, celebrating one of the big names in bus manufacture, based in Coventry. Vehicles in the museum’s collection from across several decades will be on display and running on the free bus service where we expect to welcome Daimler visitors. The British Motor Museum will visit with a number of its early Daimler motor cars, also manufactured in Coventry.
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​10.30am-4.30pm
Main event admission prices Adults £12 children £6 Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
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Saturday & Sunday September 5th/6th - 70's Mania
The 70s was a decade of significant cultural experimentation and change with iconic symbols emerging across music, fashion, television and technology. David Bowie, Slade and T-Rex brought glitter and platform shoes to the mainstream and disco fever swept the nation. Flares and bell bottoms were in, and punk exploded on the scene. Fawlty Towers, Dad’s Army and The Good Life were the staple diet on TV. These were the years of the Leyland National, the MCW Metrobus and the Daimler Fleetline. So, dress up join us for a backward glance.
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday September 20th - STATBUS @ Statfold
​​​Now in its third year, the bus rally in the heart of the country at Statfold Barn Railway near Tamworth. Organised by volunteers from Statfold Country Park and Transport Museum Wythall.
​Set in over 100 acres, Statfold is a unique family attraction and railway with one of the largest collections of narrow-gauge locomotives in the country. We're hosting the second STATBUS event, with total hard standing for all restored, vintage and modern buses.
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​​​For more information, visit statfold.com
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The event is held at Statfold Country Park, Tamworth.
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In addition to the above, our museum remains open at Wythall too, for the normal Sunday bus and train rides.​​​
10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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Sunday September 20th - CCW Car Meeting
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​ ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday October 4th MAIN EVENT - Autumn Running Day & 40 Years of Deregulation​​
Bus deregulation in the Midlands followed the national trend of a ‘free market’ approach that led to service consolidation and, ironically, a long-term decline in passenger numbers. The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive had to separate its operations into a private company, West Midlands Travel (Todays National Express West Midlands). Private operators also came in and set their own fares and routes, which led to bus wars. We’ll sample some of the vehicles that ran in this period.​​
​10.30am-4.30pm
Main event admission prices Adults £12 children £6 Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
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Saturday & Sunday October 10th/11th Stationary Engines & Pedal Cars
This weekend We welcome members from Wychavon Oil Engine and Preservation Society and their friends, with a display of stationary engines and dioramas. and on Sunday only, we also host the Austin J40 Pedal Car Club Annual races and prize giving. Vintage Bus rides and miniature train too on this fun weekend.
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10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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Sunday October 18th - CCW Car Meeting
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​ ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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10.30am - 4.00pm Normal admission prices Adults £8 children £4 Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Sunday October 25th MAIN EVENT - Twilight Running Day​
Our traditional end of October rally. A chance to ride on our buses into the twilight now that the clocks have gone back. The event season ends with atmospheric twilight bus rides. We are open until 6.00pm, last bus rides at 5.30pm.
To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here
​10.30am-4.30pm
Main event admission prices Adults £12 children £6 Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
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Saturday & Sunday October 31st & November 1st - HALLOWEEN!
​KIDS GO FREE for the spooky goings on throughout the weekend on our final opening days of the year. ​
10.30am - 4.00pm Special admission prices Adults £8 children Free