What's on and event days 2025
There's often something extra going on, whether it's a visiting car club or a full blown main event, you'll find out about it on this page.
Main Event Days:
Lots of classic bus rides and usually we have visiting vehicles and additional sales stands selling memorabilia, models and photographs.
On Main event days we run a free bus service to the museum from Birmingham Alexandra Theatre at 10.30 with a return trip late afternoon.
Special timetables are in operation and will be published a day or two before the event.
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Other Special Days:
These are days when we have a club visit or something else of extra interest. Bus and train services will be running as normal and the cafe and shop are open. Excellent family days out.
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​February Half Term
Saturday/Sunday Feb 15/16th
Wednesday Feb 19th
Saturday/Sunday Feb 22/23rd
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​This year we open early for the school half term holidays. Normal admission prices plus miniature train rides ​and free bus rides (all subject to weather)​
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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Statbus by night
Sunday Feb 15th
@Statfold barn railway
An offsite event in conjunction with our partners at Statfold. The ultimate collaboration between steam and bus!
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Owners and operators of modern and heritage vehicles are welcome to attend the show where you can display your vehicle.
To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here.
For more information, please visit statfold.com​
Winter Openings
Saturdays and Sundays
March 1st to 23rd
​Special reduced price low key winter openings each weekend until the end of March. No miniature train rides, free bus rides dependent on weather. Museum, cafe & shop open as normal.
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​10.30am - 4.30pm
Reduced admission prices
Adults £6 children £3
Family (1 Adult+2) £10 (2 Adults+2) £15
Saturday March 29th Onwards
​Whoopee! Museum fully open, every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday,
plus Wednesdays in school holidays
miniature train and free bus rides each time we're open!
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​10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal Admission Prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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Main Event Days
Easter Bank Holiday &
Bristol Owners Gathering
Sunday/Monday April 20/21st
​Our first Main Event in 2025 sees the annual get together of Bristol Buses at the museum, plus the Easter Bunny hunt for the kids. Find the bunnies and get your creme egg reward. Lots of bus rides and sales stands.
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Main event admission prices
Adults £12 children £6
Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
Drive It Day plus
April CCW Classic Car
Breakfast Meeting
Sunday April 27th
The day when all classic vehicle owners are encouraged to take their vehicles out on the road and are welcome to visit the Museum plus our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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9.00am-4.30pm
Normal Admission Prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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Main Event Days
May Day
Sunday/Monday May 4/5th
​A chance to ride out into the blossoming countryside. Lots of bus rides and sales stands.
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Main event admission prices
Adults £12 children £6
Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
Bedford OB
Owners Gathering Saturday/Sunday May 17/18th
​​​The second gathering of the OB owners with the classic countryside coach on display.
To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here. Museum. cafe & shop open as normal.
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​​10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
May CCW Classic Car
Breakfast Meeting
Sunday May 18th
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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9,00am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Main Event Days
Spring Bank Holiday
Sunday/Monday May 25/26th
It's all happening this bank holiday!
Our main event features visiting buses, frequent bus rides and visiting sales stands. All the usual museum facilities, plus...
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​Route 150 Running Day
Monday May 26th
Frequent services running from the museum to Henley-in-Arden on the old Midland Red 150 route from Birmingham to Stratford. A great trip through the countryside and an opportunity to drop off at the famous Henley ice cream shop and the newly restored and re-purposed Station with onsite microbrewery and lounge, plus...
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​Model Bus Federation Display
Monday May 26th
​10.30am- 4.30pm
Main event admission prices
Adults £12 children £6
Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
London Comes to Wythall
'Goes Green'
Saturday June 14th
This is a chance to experience a ride on the Capital's iconic vehicles on our museum services 'north of Watford', includes a number of visiting London buses and displays of memorabilia. This year the emphasis is on London's green buses although red's are also very welcome.
To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here ​
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​10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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June CCW Classic Car
Breakfast Meeting
Sunday June 15th
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Wythall Miniature Railway
Annual Gala
Saturday/Sunday June 28/29th
Visiting engines and an intensive service on both days, plus all the usual weekend free bus services.​​
​10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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Wythall Busfest
@ Gaydon
Saturday July 5th
Come and see us at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon in Warwickshire where we are running the 3rd annual BUSFEST, one of the UK's biggest bus shows. Special prices at Gaydon but our museum remains open at Wythall too, for the normal Saturday bus and train rides.
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To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here​
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Open at Gaydon 9.00am - 4.30pm
prices and pre-booking available shortly
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Open at Wythall 10.30am -4pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
School Summer Holidays
July 19th -August 31st
Saturdays/Sundays
and Wednesdays
Normal admission prices, miniature train, bouncy castle & free bus rides,
10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
(except Bank Holiday)
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
July CCW Classic Car
Breakfast Meeting
Sunday July 20th
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Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Blues and Two's
Emergency Vehicle Day
Sunday August 10th
Our first Emergency Vehicle Day, expect to see all the emergency services represented, maybe even the Air Ambulance?
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To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here​
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10.30am -4pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
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August CCW Classic Car
Breakfast Meeting
Sunday August 17th
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
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9.00am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Main Event Days
August Bank Holiday
Sunday/Monday August 24/25th
The great British bank holiday, open top bus rides and Devon cream teas, plus all our familiar main event features.
To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here
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10.30am-4.30pm
Main event admission prices
Adults £12 children £8
Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
Fire up the Quattro
it's time to head back to the '80s
Saturday/Sunday Sept 6/7th
Come with us back to the 80's, a time for big hair and bomber jackets. The 80's also saw the rise of the Metrobus, the Leyland Lynx and the Olympian, while Fleetlines and Nationals were still putting in sterling service. 80's cars and commercials also welcome.
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To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here​
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10.30am -4pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
September CCW Classic Car
Breakfast Meeting
Sunday September 21st
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
9.00am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Statbus 2025
@Statfold Barn
Sunday September 21st
​​​Now in its third year, the bus rally in the heart of the country at Statfold Barn Railway near Tamworth.
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Set in over 100 acres, Statfold is a unique family attraction and railway with one of the largest collections of narrow-gauge locomotives in the country. We're hosting the second STATBUS event, with total hard standing for all restored, vintage and modern buses.
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​​To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here​​​
For more information, visit statfold.com
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As above, our museum remains open at Wythall too, for the normal Sunday bus and train rides.
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​​Open at Wythall 9.00am -4pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Main Event Day
Autumn Running Day
and Tribute to
West Midlands Municipals
Sunday October 5th
Before 1969, the councils of Birmingham, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton all ran their own bus fleets. All were subsumed into the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE or Wumpty). Later, Coventry also succumbed to this mighty establishment. Come back with us to those halcyon days and colourful liveries.
To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Main Event admission prices
Adults £12 children £8
Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
​Stationary Engines & Miscellanea
Saturday & Sunday Oct 11/12th
​We welcome members from Wychavon Oil Engine and Preservation Society and their friends, with a display of stationary engines and dioramas.
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
​Austin J40 Pedal Cars
Sunday October 12th
Today we also host the Austin J40 Pedal Car Club Annual races and prize giving. Vintage Bus rides and miniature train too on this fun weekend.
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
October CCW Classic Car
Breakfast Meeting
Sunday Oct 19th
Our monthly breakfast meeting in partnership with Classic Car Weekly. Pre-2000 classics includes a free copy of CCW and meet the CCW team. ​
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For classic car owners, open at 9am. free entry for drivers and just £5 for passengers, normal admission prices for visitors without a classic car.
9.00am -4.30pm
Normal admission prices
Adults £8 children £4
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
Main Event Day
Twilight Running Day
Sunday Oct 26th
Our traditional end of October rally. A chance to ride on our buses into the twilight now that the clocks have gone back. The event season ends with atmospheric twilight bus rides. We are open until 6.00pm, last bus rides at 5.30pm.
To book your vehicle or sales stand in for this event please click here
​10.30am-4.30pm
Main event admission prices
Adults £12 children £8
Family (1 Adult+2) £20 (2 Adults+2) £30
Kids go free!
Halloween at Wythall
Saturday & Sunday Nov 1st & 2nd
​Spooky goings on throughout the weekend on our final opening days of the year.
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10.30am - 4.30pm
Normal adult admission prices
Adults £8 children free!
Family (1 Adult+2) £14 (2 Adults+2) £20
