Caterham Cars Ltd.
The lightweight sports car manufacturer, whose roots go back to the Lotus Seven.
Location
38-40, Town End, Caterham-on-the-Hill, Surrey.
Date
1959 – 2013 (car production 1973 – 1987).
Swallow Sidecar Company
The creation of William Lyons and William Walmsley, and the forerunner of Jaguar Cars.
Location
The Swallow Sidecar Company, 5 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool; also Woodfield Road, John Street, and later Cocker Street, Blackpool.
Date
1922 – 1928.
George Johnston and the Mo-Car Syndicate
Founder of the company that built Scotland’s first car.
Location
Mosesfield House, Belmont Road, Springburn.
Date
1895 – 1898/9.
Porlock Hill
Reputedly the steepest main (A) road in England.
Location
The A39, west of Porlock village.
Date
The road was opened around 1843, and was first climbed in a car on 26th August 1900.
Luton Hoo hillclimb & speed trial
A hillclimb and speed trial set in the grounds of a stately home.
Location
Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa, The Mansion House, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3TQ.
Date
1908 – 1949.
The Crystal Palace Circuit
Motor racing in the capital.
Location
Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Rd, SE19 2GA.
Date
1899, 1901, 1929, 1934, 1937-39, 1953-72, 1997-2000.
