Photo: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
On display in the museum is the world's largest collection of British motorcycles. With over 850 models on display, the museum's history covers over a century of motorcycle design and manufacturing. The museum opened in 1984 with an initial collection of some 350 motorcycles, among which several unique specimens such as a Wilkinson Luxury Tourer, a Wilkinson 850 and a Brough Superior Golden Dream.
The National Motorcycle Museum occupies an 8-acre site in Bickenhill, Solihull, England and holds the world's largest collection of British motorcycles. In addition to over 1,000 motorcycles, which cover a century of motorcycle manufacture, the museum developed award-winning conference facilities in 1985. It is located close to the junction of the A45 and the M42, close to Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham and attracts over 250,000 visitors a year.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Old walled garden is now a local nature reserve.
Includes a factory tour and hands-on driving course.
Restored Jacobean gardens; listed grade II* and the only remaining example in the country of a formal English garden design. The adjacent Hall is now privately owned.