Type Transport Established 1997 | Phone +44 1983 567796 | |
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Director Steve Cook, Richard Newman, Keith Randle, Leo Roberts, Gordon Wigmore, Dave Moore (company secretary), Bill Ackroyd Address The Bus Museum, Park Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 2BE, United Kingdom Similar Goodleaf Tree Climbing, Quarr Abbey, Ryde Pier, Compton Beach, Newport Roman Villa Profiles | ||
The Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum, also referred to as The Isle of Wight Bus Museum, was founded in 1997 in Newport on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom.(The Museum is currently closed for the winter and re opens for the 2017 season on Sunday April 9th 2017).
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The museum is a registered charity and run completely by volunteers. The vehicle collection is currently housed in the former bus depot at Ryde, Isle of Wight.
The museum hosts two bus rallies of its own. There is one event in May, running day. and another in October which features many buses from around the country.
Vehicles on display
The Isle of Wight Bus Museum currently has 21 vehicles on display at its new premises at Ryde.
These being:-
Museum owned:-
On Loan & Privately Owned:-
Vehicles currently stored off display or site
These vehicles below are currently not in the vehicle display and are stored outside of the museum building.
Appeal to Relocate
By the end of 2010, the museum is planning to relocate and construct a new purpose built unit to house an Island Road Transport Museum. The move is necessary due to the building it currently uses being demolished as part of revelopment of Newport Quay. Currently, the plan is to purchase a two and a half acre area of farmland adjoining Havenstreet Railway, with the new site covering twice the floor area that the current base offers. The plans would require £120,000 to be raised to fund the move. Supporters are being invited to purchase £250 shares in the project with monies being returned if the plan fails. However, in addition to funding issues, the field currently forms part of the Isle of Wight AONB, which could lead to a battle for planning consent over redevelopment.
Since 2015 the museum has been based at a former Southern Vectis depot, located in Park Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight. which houses and displays the Museum’s collection of buses and coaches.