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  East Anglia Transport Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The East Anglia Transport Museum is a located in Carlton Colville near Lowestoft in Suffolk, England.
It is the only museum in the country where you can ride on all three principal forms of public transport.
The museum has many exhibits ranging from a 1904 Lowestoft Corporation tram to a 1983 Sinclair C5.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Anglia_Transport_Museum   (230 words)

  
 The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
The result was the formation of the Reading Transport Society with initially around 10 members from the town and in September 1961, no.113 was purchased from Reading Corporation (minus its traction motor, which was retained for use in one of the new Sunbeam trolleybuses) to become the first privately preserved trolleybus in the country.
A former tram shelter was rescued from Huddersfield and re-erected at the Museum.
Transport Society had some very enthusiastic members, but was never very big and it ceased as such in the mid 'seventies.
www.sandtoft.org.uk /history.htm   (1344 words)

  
 Attractions near East Anglia Transport Museum on AboutBritain.com
The Museum specialises in the history of the Lowestoft fishing fleet, from early sail, to steam and through to modern diesel vessels.
The Museum is housed within the Bank of England itself, right at the heart of the City of London.
A museum housed in a former workhouse, with displays on village life, cottages, rural trades and crafts, farming and working on the land.
www.aboutbritain.com /AttractionsNearEastAngliaTransportMuseum.asp   (445 words)

  
 British Trams Online - Features: East Anglian Transport Museum, Carlton Colville
The East Anglia Transport Museum at Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft, is home to an impressive and varied collection of transport.
The museum aims to show a range of historic vehicles, and on opening days, rides are normally offered on the trams, as well as a trolleybus and the museum's narrow gauge railway.
As it is quite a small museum, the tram ride is fairly short, but it is still a very pleasant journey.
www.britishtramsonline.co.uk /eatm.html   (1040 words)

  
 Whats on at East - event/venue guide, box office & ticket info
The Alfred East Gallery is one of the County's two major public art galleries, housing important collections by Sir Alfred East and Thomas Cooper Gotch, some of which have recently gone on display in the new Permanent Collection Room.
Alfred East was an english painter and etcher, born in Kettering on the 15th of...
Here at Carlton Colville you will find a museum unique to the last detail, for this is the only place in the British Isles where visitors can not only view but also ride on all three principal forms of public transport from the earlier part of the 20th century.
www.britevents.com /events.asp?venue=East   (640 words)

  
 David Bradley Online - East Anglia Transport Museum Trolley Weekend in 2002
The Museum was full of visitors and the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the passing of the London Trolleybus was well planned and executed.
Following the east end conversion 1521 was transferred to Finchley and then in November 1961 to Fulwell, where it became the last London trolleybus to run in public service.
Sadly this is a museum, but for an afternoon I travelled on trolleybuses all over north and north west London.
www.trolleybus.net /eatm4.htm   (1067 words)

  
 Little Bus Company - Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sandtoft Transport Museum is the new working title for the Sandtoft Transport Centre Ltd and is the home of Britains largest collection of trolleybuses.
Cobham Bus Museum was one of the first independent organisations in the country established soley for the purpose of bus preservation.
The Museum of Transport has the biggest collection of beautifully restored vintage buses and coaches in the United Kingdom.
www.little-bus.com /links.shtml   (555 words)

  
 The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft is a transport museum which specialises in the preservation of trolleybuses.
It is located by the village of Sandtoft, near Belton on the Isle of Axholme in the English county of Lincolnshire.
The museum is recognised as having the largest collection of preserved trolleybuses in Europe, if not the world, with over 60 examples.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Trolleybus_Museum_at_Sandtoft   (324 words)

  
 Welcome to East Anglia 24 - Suffolk MUSEUMS - www.eastanglia24.co.uk
Alongside some unique moveable platforms with a restored signal box nearby the Museum is based in the station building.
In 1916 the Armament Experimental Flight moved to the East Coast, along with the Wiltshire based Aircraft Testing Flight.
During World War II it played a major part in securing England's East Coast and many famous pilots were stationed there including Douglas Bader.
www.eastanglia24.co.uk /suffolk/visitor_guide/museums_g-l.html   (706 words)

  
 Second Sight Productions
This distinctive museum specialises in the half forgotten sights and sounds of mechanical transport of yesteryear that were developed over the best part of a century.
Using the museums unique archive footage we journey back in time and examine the history and development from the first beginnings back in 1962 to becoming one of the UK’s premier transport collections.
Also featured are many interesting and varied vehicles that attend the museum’s special event days during the year where numerous vintage machines of all types converge on the museum site in an incredible show of transport nostalgia.
secondsightproductions.co.uk /catalogue/viewCat.php?category=Transport   (631 words)

  
 Daniel McIntyre's UK Railway & Transport Museum Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This museum is located at Middle Engine Lane, on part of the North Tyneside Steam Railway, near North Shields, Tyne and Wear.
This is a museum of road, steam and industrial heritage at Milford, Lifton, in Devon.
A transport museum at Cultra, Holywood, County Down in Northern Ireland, which has several steam and diesel locomotives on display.
www.strps.org.uk /raillinks/uk-museums.htm   (670 words)

  
 East Anglia Transport Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
LLU 829 on the shuttle to the museum on Saturday 13 September 2003.
This bus is owned by David Thrower, and is on long term loan to the museum.
The East Anglia Transport Museum has a collection of Trams, Trolleybuses, Motor Buses and Other Vehicles.
www.yellins.com /moderntransport/preserved/eatm2.html   (265 words)

  
 David Bradley Online - East Anglia Transport Museum - General Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
East Anglia Transport Museum was founded on its present site in Chapel Road, Carlton Colville in 1965, and opened its doors to members of the public in 1972.
Its original aim was the preservation and display of items of purely local transport interest but the scope soon widened and today the Museum houses transport items which are nationwide in origin.
The Museum is unique in Great Britain in bringing together a working collection, a great variety of vehicles from all fields of transport, whether they are powered by petrol, diesel, steam, electricity or even the horse.
www.trolleybus.net /subhtml/eatm.htm   (289 words)

  
 Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
My interests here are in aviation and archives, though much of the museum is about pre-war motor car racing at the historic Brooklands circuit.
East Anglia Transport Museum - Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Museum of Urban Transport of Brussels (MTUB) - Brussels, Belgium
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /blundellash/transport.htm   (237 words)

  
 Diamond Enterprises & Book Publishers - EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM HISTORY IN MOTION-VHS - Canada Post eStore
This interesting video takes you on a guided tour of the museum, looking in detail at many of the working trams, trolley buses and motor buses, as well as vintage cars, trucks, steam rollers and even a narrow gauge railway.
Also featured are many interesting and varied vehicles that attend the museums special event days during the year.
This museum is one of Britains premier transport collections.
www.canada-shops.com /Stores/diamond/c232856p16449594.2.html   (133 words)

  
 East Anglia Transport Museum on AboutBritain.com
Here at Carlton Colville you will find a unique transport museum, unique to the last detail, for this is the only place in the British Isles where visitors can not only view but also ride on all three principal forms of public transport from the earlier part of last century.
There is also ample opportunity to view the many vehicles on the vast museum collection, which has been gathered from not only the towns and cities of Britain but around the world, and see how these are being lovingly restored to their former glory.
A fantastic base for East Anglia area, Norfolk Broads and Sandringham House.
www.aboutbritain.com /EastAngliaTransportMuseum.htm   (531 words)

  
 Southwold Museum -Focus on the Southwold to Halesworth railway
It was finally closed in 1929, an early casualty of the increasingly competitive pressures exerted by road, motor and omnibus transport.
Only one van body survived and this has now been restored and is on display at the nearby East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville.
A model, on display in the museum, of 2.4.0T, No 3 "Blyth",.made in wood, c.1943 by Mr A.N. Buchanan.
www.southwoldmuseum.org /topics_railway.htm   (445 words)

  
 Practical Caravan - Great days out - Suffolk 3
Southwold is the home to what claims to be the only museum dedicated to the story of amber, the semi-precious stone for which Suffolk’s shores are famous.
A museum dedicated to the steam-powered machinery was set up inside the original Long Shop buildings, which were erected in 1852 as the first production line for stationary engines.
It is said to be that of early Anglo-Saxon warrior king, Raedwald and was filled with a treasure hoard which laid undisturbed beneath an adjacent burial mound for 1300 years until its excavation in 1939.
www.practicalcaravan.com /greatarchive/suffolktour3.html   (858 words)

  
 The Sunrise Coast - History & Heritage - Museums & Heritage
The area is well served by local museums in each of the main towns.
Info: Local history museum housed in a 16th century Grade 1 listed building, specialising in local history, local trades and Victoriana, including a large scale model of Beccles in 1841.
Info: A working transport museum reviving memories of the past, where visitors can ride on trams, trolleybusses and narrow gauge trains.
www.visit-lowestoft.co.uk /subpages_transparency/heritage_subpages/museums.htm   (582 words)

  
 East Anglia Transport Museum, Lowestoft - East of England - UK Attraction
The East Anglia Transport Museum is situated at Carlton Colville just outside the seaside town of Lowestoft in Suffolk.
This is a working museum, run entirely by volunteers and the only place in Britain where visitors can not only see, but also travel on all three principal forms of public transport from the earlier part of the 20th Century.
Buses, trams, trolleybuses, cars, vans, lorries, steamrollers, and a wide range of other light commercial vehicles are all on display and form only a small part of this large collection.
www.ukattraction.com /east-of-england/east-anglia-transport-museum.htm   (245 words)

  
 UK stay: East Anglia Transport Museum
This was a two-day "Trolleybus" weekend at the museum, where as many trolleybuses as possible, owned and on loan, were on the road.
East Anglia Transport Museum: phone booth: the predecessor of the standard red "GPO Phone Booth"
Some Bournemouth trolleybuses were loaned to the Llanelly system during WWII, and when on holiday in 1946, I dragged my long-suffering parents on trolleybuses on many of the routes in Bournemouth.
dewi.ca /trains/2004/EATM   (244 words)

  
 ETCS Links
The National Association of Road Transport Museums (NARTM) is an informal organisation of over 60 museums and collections, formed in August 1981 of which the ETCS is a member.
The site will give you a guide to the museums and collections that are accessible to the public.
The East Anglia Transport Museum is the most easterly working transport museum.
www.easterntransportcollection.org.uk /staticinfo/links.asp   (365 words)

  
 Museums - East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville - Motorbase
Museums - East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville - Motorbase
Museums - East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville
Museums - East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville - Michael Ware takes you on a further tour of British motor museums.
www.motorbase.com /article/by-id/1212581310   (47 words)

  
 Hotels in Beccles | accommodation in Beccles hotels Suffolk
Beccles is 7 miles west of Lowestoft, 10 miles north of Southwold and 6 miles east of Bungay.
East Anglia Transport Museum, Chapel Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft.
Beccles has had a number of clock and watch makers since the 17th Century and this is reflected in the Museum.
www.kayukay.co.uk /beccleshotels.html   (519 words)

  
 Car Free Norfolk Broads Public Transport Norfolk Broads UK.
The area covering the Broads is seen east of Norwich, with lines to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft (known together as the Wherry Lines) and another line leading through Hoveton and Wroxham to the Norfolk Coast, ending at Sheringham: this is the Bittern Line.
Covers the Anglia Plus area for any three days you like over a seven-day period, and bikes are carried free.
Acle is a transport hub, with good bus and train services, and makes a very convenient base, with several places to stay, including the Kings Head Inn and Manor House BandB, and fresh fish cooked daily at the Hermitage Restaurant and Pub.
www.norfolkbroads.com /guides/carfree/public-transport   (1799 words)

  
 East Anglia Transport Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
East Anglia Transport Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
Information published here was believed to be correct at the time it was prepared.
Welsh language pages developed with CYMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum_gfx_en/AM16280.html   (81 words)

  
 A to Z Museums
Museum of industrial and social life, including historic buildings.
The society is always keen to recruit new members to help in the preservation and showing of our engines.
A fantastic museum housing a collection of post world war 2 aircraft including a Vulcan, Argosy, Canberra, Buccaneer, Hunter, Meteor, Vampire x2, Lightning, Jet Provost, Varsity, Vanguard & Viscount noses, Wessex x3, Whirlwind, and Sheriff twin.
www.glue-it.com /museums/all_e_museums.htm   (161 words)

  
 East Anglia Transport Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In july 2003 we where visiting East Anglia to see different museamlines.
We where there with Railhobbyreizen for 6 days and we where staying in Norwich.
East Anglia Transport Museum was the next visit.
home.tiscali.nl /~amibo/rail/tramanglia.htm   (95 words)

  
 Special Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As usual the last event of the season will see the Museum open until 9pm on the Saturday evening to allow after dark rides on the Trolleybuses and Trams to Take place.
All available Trolleybuses will be in use during the weekend and this year there is a London theme so you will be able to see vehicles which once graced the streets of the Capital.
There will also be a display of model layouts and the weekend is being supported by the London Transport Museum.
www.eatm.org.uk /specialevts.htm   (439 words)

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