Paramount Cars (Derbyshire) Ltd.
50 High Street
Swadlincote
DE11 8HS.
A short-lived company that grew out of a used-car dealership, building an aluminium-bodied tourer, styled in the fashion of more expensive cars, but initially fitted with a small Ford engine.
Anglesey Circuit – Trac Môn
Ty Croes
Anglesey
LL63 5TF.
A relatively new track which, with its clifftop location, is probably one of the most picturesque racing circuits in the country.
Argyll Motors Ltd.
Main Street
Alexandria
G83 0UG
The Argyll works in Alexandria was, at one time, the largest car factory in Europe.
Argyll Motors Ltd.
Hozier Engineering Company Ltd
Hozier Street (now Queen Mary Street)
Bridgeton.
The first - and last - location of the Argyll car factory.
Arrol-Johnston and Arrol-Aster
Edinburgh Rd
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 1TR.
A unique British factory, and the final location of a once major British motor manufacturer.
Aston Martin Lagonda
Aston Martin Lagonda Production & Technology Centre
Cowbridge Road
Vale of Glamorgan
CF62 4WA.
The Aston Martin Production & Technology Centre.
The Austin Junior Car Factory
New Rd
Tir-y-Berth
Pengam
Hengoed
CF82 8AU.
A purpose-built factory, operated almost entirely by a disabled workforce, producing the Austin Pathfinder and J40 children’s pedal car.
Beamish Safety and Reliability Trial
The trial follows a circular route starting at Beamish in County Durham, and reaching as far south as Bainbridge, in North Yorkshire.
A long-established motoring event for vehicles manufactured before 1957.
W.O. Bentley
Netherhall Road
Doncaster.
The street where W.O Bentley, founder of the Bentley Motor Company, stayed in digs during his apprenticeship with the Great Northern Railway.
Birmingham Superprix
Birmingham City Centre:
Bristol St – Belgrave - Middleway – Sherlock St – Pershore St – Bromsgove St – Bristol St.
The only street motor race held in Britain in modern times.
BMW Group Plant Hams Hall
BMW Hams Hall Motoren GmbH
Canton Lane
Hams Hall
Coleshill
Warwickshire
B46 1GB.
The first BMW engine production facility to be built outside Germany and Austria.
Bond Aircraft & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Towneley Road (at the rear of 43 Berry Lane)
Longridge
PR3 3JP.
The home and workshop of Lawrie Bond, engineer and designer of the Bond Minicar.
Bo’ness Speed Hill Climb
Kinneil Estate (off Provost Road)
Bo’ness
West Lothian
EH51 0PR.
Scotland’s first motor racing venue.
Bradford Industrial Museum
Moorside Mills
Moorside Road
Eccleshill
Bradford
BD2 3HP.
An interesting industrial museum, with a permanent display of Jowett cars.
Burney Streamline
Between the village of Spaldington and the B1228, approximately three miles north of Howden. (OS grid reference SE748330.)
A car inspired by airship design.
Cae Dai Museum
Lawnt
Denbigh
LL16 4SU.
A museum of the 1950s, with a small number of cars and other vehicles on display.
Cheswold
E W Jackson Ltd
Cheswold Works
51-52 French Gate
Doncaster, close to the site now occupied by a B&M Homestore, alongside Doncaster Minster (formerly the parish church of St George).
A little-known marque, manufactured in premises close to Doncaster town centre.
Clark
Charles Clark & Sons
The Retford Motor Garage
48 Bridgegate
Retford.
An early example of one-off car production.
Jim Clark Motorsport Museum
44, Newtown Street
Duns
TD11 3AU.
A museum dedicated to the life and career of Jim Clark, motor racing driver and Formula One World Champion, 1963 and 1965.
Clipstone Drive
Clipstone Drive
Forest Town
Mansfield
NG19 0JH.
The setting for Britain’s first speed trial as part of the 1900 One Thousand Mile Trial and the site of an early attempt on the world land speed record.
Coniston Water
Just over five miles in length and a half a mile wide, Coniston Water is located in the south central part of the Lake District.
The site where Sir Malcolm Campbell set a world water speed record, and where his son, Donald Campbell, also a world land and water speed record holder, met his death in 1967, attempting to raise his own world water speed record to 300 mph.
The Cotswold Motoring Museum
The Old Mill
Bourton-on-the-Water
Gloucestershire
GL54 2BY.
A collection of cars, toys, and motoring memorabilia.
Coundon Court
Today known as the Old House, Coundon Court is part of Coundon Court School
Northbrook Road
Coventry
CV6 2AJ.
The home of George Singer, founder of Singer Motors Ltd.
Croft Circuit
West Lane
Dalton-on-Tees
North Yorkshire
DL2 2PL.
The major motorsport venue in the North East.
Crossley
Crossley (formerly known as Napier) Street
Gorton
Manchester
Later Gorton Lane
Manchester.
A pioneering engineering company that produced a wide range of vehicles including both luxury and light cars, commercial and military vehicles, buses, and the experimental Streamline.
Donington Grand Prix Collection
Donington Park
Castle Donington
Leicestershire
DE74 2RP.
At one time, the largest display of grand prix racing cars in the world.
Donington Park
Castle Donington
Leicestershire
DE74 2RP.
A grand prix circuit steeped in history.
Dundee Museum of Transport
Unit 10
Market Mews
Market Street
Dundee
DD1 3LA.
A lively and active local transport museum with a changing collection of cars, public service, and commercial vehicles.
Dundee Flight Memorial
North bank of the Firth of Tay
Discovery Quay
Dundee DD1 4XA.
A memorial to the record-breaking flight undertaken in 1938 by Don Bennett, founder of Fairthorpe cars.
Ford Motor Co. Ltd
Westinghouse and Manchester Roads, and First Avenue
Trafford Park
Manchester.
Henry Ford’s first UK factory, and the first Ford factory to be built outside North America.
Great British Car Journey
Derwent Works
Ambergate
Derbyshire
DE56 2HE.
A large collection of British cars telling the story of the British car industry over the last 100 years.
Galloway Motors Ltd.
Culdoach Road
Tongland
Kirkcudbright
DG6 4LU.
An early motor manufacturer that produced one of the first cars designed specifically with women in mind.
Gamston Circuit
Retford (Gamston) Airport
Retford
DN22 0QL.
An airfield circuit that attracted prominent drivers and large crowds in the early 1950s.
Gilbern
Gilbern Sports Car (Components) Ltd
Main Road
Church Village
Pontypridd
CF38 1RL.
Probably Wales’ best known independent car maker, Gilbern manufactured a range of elegant glass-fibre coupes, during the 1960s and early ‘70s, using suspension and drivetrain parts from a variety of mass-produced cars.
Grampian Transport Museum
Alford
Aberdeenshire
AB33 8AE.
A museum of land transport with a collection of historic vehicles which includes cars, commercial vehicles, caravans, bicycles and motorcycles.
Humber Car Museum
A former collection of Humber cars from the Rootes' period of ownership. The Museum closed in 2018.
c/o Regalex Ltd
Dalton St,
Hull
HU8 8BB.
John o’Groats House Hotel
Now known as the John o’Groats Inn
Caithness
KW1 4YR
The starting point of the first motor car journey between John o’Groats and Land’s End.
Harewood Bank Hillclimb
On the A61, between Harewood Bridge (which crosses the River Wharfe), and the entrance to Harewood Park, still on the A61.
An early hillclimb, mainly notable for the efforts by the police to prevent it from taking place.
Harewood Speed Hillclimb
Harewood
Leeds
LS17 9LA.
The course is set in the grounds of Stockton Farm, just off the A659, one-and-a-half miles east of Harewood.
The longest hillclimb in Britain.
Mike Hawthorn
Alexandra Road
Mexborough.
The birthplace of Britain’s first Formula One world champion.
Hereford Speed Trials
Rotherwas Road (the B4399), on the south east side of Hereford, today known as the Straight Mile.
One of the last speed trials to take place in England on public roads.
Humber Ltd.
The junction of Queens Road and Humber Road.
One of the two earliest factories manufacturing Humber cars.
Dick and Alan Jensen
Bloomfield Road and 95 Anderton Park Road
Moseley
Birmingham.
The family homes of Jensen Motors founders’, Dick and Alan Jensen, where they developed and built their first cars.
Jensen Motors Ltd
Shaftesbury Street
Carters Green
West Bromwich
B70 9QL, and
Kelvin Way
West Bromwich
B70 7JT.
Originally a specialist coachbuilder, Jensen developed into a manufacturer of sports cars and grand tourers.
George Johnston and the Mo-Car Syndicate
Mosesfield House
Belmont Road
Springburn
Glasgow
G21 3AX
Founder of the company that built Scotland’s first motor car.
Location
George Johnston
Main Street
West Linton
Peebleshire.
The birthplace & original family home of George Johnston, founder of the Mo-Car Syndicate, Arrol-Johnston, & the All-British Car Company.
Kelham Island Museum
Alma Street
Sheffield
S3 8RY.
Located close to the centre of the City, Kelham Island tells the story of Sheffield’s industrial past, and includes exhibits of three cars formerly made in Sheffield.
Knockhill Racing Circuit
Knockhill Racing Circuit
by Dunfermline
Fife, KY12 9TF.
Scotland’s only race track accredited by motor sport’s governing body, the FIA, and one that enjoys the distinction of being licensed to run in either direction.
Lakeland Motor Museum
Old Blue Mill
Backbarrow
Newby Bridge
Ulverston
LA12 8TA.
A road transport collection of more than 30,000 exhibits.
Lickey Grange
Lickey Grange
Bromsgrove.
The long-time home of Herbert Austin, founder of the Austin Motor Company.
Llangollen Motor Museum
Between the River Dee and the Llangollen Canal on the A452, one mile to the north west of Llangollen
Pentrefelin
Llangollen
LL20 8EE.
A collection of cars, motorcycles and motoring memorabilia.
Loton Park Hill Climb
Loton Park
Alberbury
SY5 9AJ.
Shropshire’s principal motorsport venue.
Madresfield Speed Trials
Gloucester Drive
Madresfield Court
Malvern
WR13 5AH.
A pre-War speed trial, set in the grounds of a remarkable house.
Mallory Park Circuit
Kirkby Mallory
Leicestershire
LE9 7QE.
About four miles north east of Hinckley.
One of the UK’s shorter circuits, with races for cars, motorcycles, and rallycross.
The Manchester Museum of Science and Technology
Manchester Museum of Science and Technology
Liverpool Road
Castlefield
Manchester
M3 4FP.
Tracing the development of science and industry in Manchester.
Marauder Car Co.
Wilks, Mackie & Co. Ltd
15, Poplar Road
Dorridge
B93 8DD.
A short-lived sports tourer, largely based on the P4 Rover 75.
Markham Moor Service Station
Alongside the southbound carriageway of the A1, at the junction with the A57 to Lincoln.
A listed former petrol station with a distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid concrete roof.
The Midland Hotel
16 Peter Street
Manchester
M60 2DS.
The location of Charles Rolls & Henry Royce's historic meeting where they agreed to manufacture cars under the name of Rolls-Royce.
The Mitchell Motor Works and Garage
114 Wardour Street
London
W1F 0TS.
An early motor works and garage of which, at the time, was claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Museum of Land Speed
Marsh Road
Pendine
Carmarthen
SA33 4NY.
A small museum charting the motor bike racing and land speed record attempts on Pendine Sands.
Myreton Motor Museum
Aberlady, Longniddry EH32 0PZ.
A small, private museum situated a little off the beaten track with a very interesting collection of motor cars, motor cycles and motoring memorabilia.
The New Arrol-Johnston Car Co. Ltd.
Underwood Weaving Mills, Underwood Road, Paisley, PA3 1TQ.
Arrol-Johnston’s second car factory.
Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
Washington Road
Sunderland
BN13 3HD.
The first Japanese car maker to establish a manufacturing base in Britain.
Oulton Park Circuit
Oulton Park Circuit
Little Budworth
Tarporley
CW6 9BW.
A challenging parkland circuit, and the major motor sport venue in the North West.
RAF Ouston
The present site of Albermarle Barracks
Ouston
Northumberland
NE15 ORF.
Formerly, a popular circuit on a former World War Two airfield.
The Patrick Collection
Alexander’s Wharf
Lifford Lane
Kings Norton
Birmingham
B30 3DY.
A former private motor museum with a major collection of cars covering more than 100 years of motoring.
Patrick Motors Ltd and Patrick Jensen Motors Ltd
479-481 Bristol Road
Selly Oak
Birmingham
B29 6AU
Currently, the site of a Tesco Express Supermarket and Petrol Filling Station.
An early step in the creation of Jensen Motors and a long-standing Midlands’ motor distributor.
Peel Engineering Company
Viking Works
Mill Road
Peel
Isle of Man
IM5 1TB.
Manufacturer of the smallest production vehicle in the world.
Pendine Sands
The northern edge of Carmarthen Bay.
Originally established as a location for motor-cycle racing and speed trials, Pendine Sands are probably best known as the setting for a series world land speed records attempts, during the 1920s.
Pressed Steel
Linwood Road
Millarston
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 2BH
One of the four factories once operated by the British car body manufacturer, the Pressed Steel Company Ltd.
"P.T.L" Gardner-Serpollet Steam Automobiles
British Power, Traction & Lighting Co., Ltd
103 - 104 Hull Road
York
YO10 3LQ.
A short-lived enterprise, established to manufacture the French-designed Serpollet Steam Car.
Red Wharf Bay
Red Wharf Bay
To the south east of the village of Bennlech.
It is here on the beach at Red Wharf Bay where Maurice Wilks, engineering director at Rover, and his older brother and Rover chairman, Spencer Wilks, reputedly sketched out their initial ideas for the first Land Rover.
Reliant Motor Company
Lynn Lane
Shenstone
Lichfield
WS14 0DH.
For many years, Reliant’s main engine plant.
Reliant Motor Company
Watling Street
Two Gates
Tamworth B77 1HN.
Britain’s most successful manufacturer of three-wheeled vehicles and, at one stage, the second largest British-owned motor manufacturer.
Richard Roberts' Archive
Unit 14
Adswood Industrial Estate
Adswood Road
Stockport
SK3 8LF.
An extensive collection of historic advertising material, going back more than 100 years, which includes a wide range of motoring publications.
The Riverside Museum
100 Pointhouse Place
Glasgow
G3 8RS.
A striking building, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, housing collections from the former Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Rodley Automobile Co. Ltd.
Airedale Mills
Rodley
Leeds.
A small economy car that was perhaps just too basic for the market.
Statue of Charles Rolls
Shire Hall
Agincourt Square
Monmouth.
A memorial to Charles Rolls - aviation and motoring pioneer, and co-founder of Rolls-Royce Ltd.
The Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation
The Hunt House
70 High Street
Paulerspury
NN12 7NA.
A Grade II listed building housing the archives of Sir Frederick Henry Royce OBE.
St Mary's Church of Llanfair yn y Cwmwd
St Mary's Church
Llanfair-yn-y-Cwmwd
near Dwyran
Gaerwen
LL61 6AX.
Maurice Wilks, the man largely responsible for the initial design and development of the Land Rover, is buried in St Mary’s churchyard.
Saltburn Sands
The beach running north west from Saltburn towards Marske.
A popular racing venue and the location for a successful attempt on the world land speed record.
Santler
Howsell Road
Malvern Link
One of the first petrol-engined cars to be manufactured in Britain.
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Towcester
NN12 8TN.
Britain’s principal motor racing circuit.
The Singer Motor Company
Singer & Co. Ltd
Canterbury Street
Coventry.
The first and, for many years, the principal location of Singer Cars.
Spencer
Possibly Station Road
Misterton.
An early car, built by a Nottinghamshire watchmaker.
Streetlife Museum of Transport
High Street
Hull
HU1 1PS.
A museum of local transport history, with a number of interesting motoring exhibits.
Swallow
Swallow Coachbuilder Co. (1935) Ltd.
The Airport
Walsall
Staffordshire.
A short-lived sports car, made by a company with a complicated back-story and close links to Standard, Triumph, and Jaguar.
Swallow Sidecar Company
5 Bloomfield Road
Blackpool
Also Woodfield Road, John Street, and later Cocker Street, Blackpool.
The creation of William Lyons and William Walmsley, and the forerunner of Jaguar Cars.
Tacla Taid: The Anglesey Transport Museum
Tyddyn Pwrpas
Niwbwrch
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
LL61 6TN
The largest museum of its kind in Wales; a very interesting collection, beautifully displayed.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd.
Burnaston
Derbyshire
DE1 9TA.
Located alongside the A38 between Derby and Burton-on-Trent.
One of two manufacturing plants established in the UK by the Japanese vehicle manufacturer, Toyota.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd.
Zone 3
Tenth Avenue
Deeside Industrial Park
Deeside, CH5 2TW.
One of two manufacturing plants established in the UK by the Japanese vehicle manufacturer, Toyota.
The Trumland Estate
Rousay
Orkney Islands
KW17 2PU.
The birthplace of the first woman to drive the length of Britain, from Land’s End to John o’Groats.
Vauxhall Motors Ltd.
North Road Industrial Estate
Ellesmere Port
CH65 1AL.
Vauxhall’s only UK plant.
Whitewebbs House
Whitewebbs Lane
Enfield
EN2 9HH.
The one-time home of Frank Gardner; financier to Léon Serpollet, manufacturer of Gardner-Serpollet steam trams, buses and motor cars.
Willys Overland Crossley
Crossley Road
Heaton Chapel
Stockport; the location today is known as: Sir Richard Fairey Road, Heaton Chapel, Stockport SK4 5DY.
A joint venture between Crossley and US manufacturer Willys-Overland, designed to widen the UK company's product range.
Calcott
Calcott Bros Ltd.
XL Works
154-165, Far Gosford Street
Coventry
CV1 5DJ.
A relatively short-lived motor manufacturer that was well-regarded in its time.