Lakeland Motor Museum

The Lakeland Motor Museum houses over 30,000 motoring-related exhibits across cars, motorbikes, cycles and automobilia, with themed displays including the Campbell Bluebird exhibition. The collection is displayed in a converted mill at Backbarrow, a short drive from the southern tip of Windermere.

The site includes a riverside café (accessible without a museum ticket), a museum shop and offers combined tickets with Windermere Lake Cruises. Tickets can be booked online or bought on arrival; the museum is open daily from 9:30am with last entry mid-afternoon and is closed on Christmas Day.

A compact, well-signposted museum spread across the former Reckitt’s Blue Dye Works building with vehicles and automobilia grouped into themed displays.

Look out for:

• The Campbell Bluebird exhibition and other special displays.

• Hundreds of cars and motorbikes spanning early cycles to classic post-war models.

• The museum’s setting in a converted mill on the river, minutes from Lake Windermere.

• A riverside café and shop; some combined tickets available with nearby lake cruises.

Best way to experience it: Arrive mid-morning to allow time for the full collection and a relaxed stop at the café; combine with a Windermere cruise or a drive around the lakes for a full day out.

• Tickets can be bought online or on arrival.

• Riverside café is accessible without museum admission.

• Open daily from 9:30am; closed on Christmas Day.

• Combined tickets are available with Windermere Lake Cruises.