Car related things to do near Gloucester?

[dalla]

Hi Guys


Iam going to be working in Gloucester for most of January.

I was wondering if there was any car related things to do in the area?

Maybe a car museum or something?

[Conian]

things to do with cars near gloccer

- insure them
- lock them
- alarm them
- immob them
- don't get too attached to them
- wave them good bye

[fatboy69]

dalla

there is sod all to do in gloucester normally & as for car related stuff you can only dream.

absolutely nothing to do with cars at all. the place is a dump.

[odyssey2200]

Cotswold Motor museum is not far away.

[Wacky Racer]

Visit the Morgan car factory at Malvern Link, not too far away......

[dalla]

Wacky Racer said:

Visit the Morgan car factory at Malvern Link, not too far away......

Sounds interesting. Do you know if there is a showroom, or maybe an exhibition?

[odyssey2200]

dalla said:

Wacky Racer said:

Visit the Morgan car factory at Malvern Link, not too far away......

Sounds interesting. Do you know if there is a showroom, or maybe an exhibition?

Phone them in advance and you can do a factory tour for £10 IIRC

[blueg33]

Bugatti museum at Prescott, and possibly an event at Prescott. See the Bugatti owners club website.

[cahami]

Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection

[miniman]

As mentioned, the Cotswold Motor Museum at Bourton on the Water is great. Not terribly far up the Fosseway from there is the heritage motor museum at Gaydon.

[Wacky Racer]

odyssey2200 said:

dalla said:

Wacky Racer said:

Visit the Morgan car factory at Malvern Link, not too far away......

Sounds interesting. Do you know if there is a showroom, or maybe an exhibition?

Phone them in advance and you can do a factory tour for £10 IIRC

Always used to be free, but even at £10 would be excellent value.

Allow around three hours and prepare to be very impressed...

[VerySideways]

Morgan aren't open at weekends IIRC, and no there's not a lot else to do around Gloucester which is car related other than drive - there are some FANTASTIC roads, especially in the Gloucester/Cirencester/Dursley triangle

[TheLurker]

VerySideways said:

Morgan aren't open at weekends IIRC, and no there's not a lot else to do around Gloucester which is car related other than drive - there are some FANTASTIC roads, especially in the Gloucester/Cirencester/Dursley triangle

Any recomendations?

[VerySideways]

Depends on where you're staying and where you fancy going out for dinner. There are some great eateries dotted around the place too...

[blueg33]

TheLurker said:

VerySideways said:

Morgan aren't open at weekends IIRC, and no there's not a lot else to do around Gloucester which is car related other than drive - there are some FANTASTIC roads, especially in the Gloucester/Cirencester/Dursley triangle

Any recomendations?

Stow on the Wold to Burford then the b4425 to cirencester, the a435 back towards cheltenham, or the a429 to Northleach and then A40 into Cheltenham

[Ian187]

You could travel south a bit (25 miles) down to Castle Combe Circuit if they've got anything going on down there - some nice roads between there and Glos, but be careful on the A46 'cause they do have speed cameras on there occasionally - which I have written proof of from the DVLA

Of course you could always meet up with some fellow PH's for a beer and chat about cars!

[tralph]

not sure what date they are on but there is the Bugatti owners club meets up there and the prescott hill climb

web address http://www.prescott-hillclimb.com/events.aspx

[dalla]

Thanks for your suggestions guys, keep them coming.

The plans so far is:

Next weekend go to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.
And sunday maybe a drive to Malvern just to see the Morgan Factory from the outside.

Following weekend iam going to the Autosport show at NEC Birmingham.

Looking very much forward to it.

[*Al*]

I work at Honda (car production factory) if you want to help me out lol.

[Xenocide]

Haynes motor museum isn't very far away either. Worth a visit if you like red cars