Dover Transport Museum
Whitfield, Dover, East Kent
Image: Dover Transport MuseumDover Transport Museum is a volunteer-run charity museum near Whitfield with two large halls of vintage vehicles and recreated street scenes of old Dover. Alongside cars, buses and motorcycles there are shop fronts, ferry memorabilia and a large model railway that visitors can operate. It makes an easy family outing of an hour or two.
Highlights
- The National Collection of Ashford-made Norman motorcycles
- Recreated street scenes and vintage shop fronts
- Large visitor-operated model railway and a 5 inch gauge railway
- Dover car ferry, train ferry and Channel Tunnel memorabilia
- Tram Stop Café
Good to know
- Run entirely by volunteers as a registered charity
- Not every vehicle in the collection is on display at all times
- Two donated double-decker buses are shown only on special occasions
Getting there
Dover Transport Museum, Willingdon Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2JX
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