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Coventry Transport Museum Coventry Transport Museum houses the largest publicly owned collection of British vehicles
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17/10/2026

✨CV Life Attractions Pass: Your All-Access Ticket to Coventry’s Big Three! 🤩

🌊 4 Family Trips to The Wave Waterpark
🏎️ Unlimited entry to Coventry Transport Museum
🖼️ Unlimited access to Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Just 3 trips to The Wave are worth £168 alone! 🤑 One pass. One year. Unlimited memories 🩵

Buy your pass now 📲 https://bookings.cvlife.co.uk/annual-tickets/tickets

🎅🎄 Looking for a magical Christmas experience for the family?Make the Vintage Sleigh Ride at Coventry Transport Museum p...
17/10/2026

🎅🎄 Looking for a magical Christmas experience for the family?

Make the Vintage Sleigh Ride at Coventry Transport Museum part of your festive plans! ✨

Celebrating 70 years of Christmas magic, this special experience invites you to step back into the 1950s, enjoy a vintage sleigh ride and make wonderful memories together.

📅 Running 5–23 December 2026

❤️ A festive family adventure. A very special anniversary. Memories to treasure.

🎟️ Start planning your visit and book online today: https://www.transport-museum.com/events/1550/visit-santa-vintage-sleigh-ride-experience

Tinker | Make | Play: Weird & Wonderful Engineers 🪛 October Half TermUnleash the power of play, invention and imaginatio...
16/10/2026

Tinker | Make | Play: Weird & Wonderful Engineers 🪛 October Half Term

Unleash the power of play, invention and imagination this October half term with our Weird & Wonderful engineering experience!

⚒️ Tinker with tools, create with all kinds of materials, and discover the joy of making
🎟️ Drop in | Included with admission
📆 Wednesday & Saturdays | 24, 28, & 31 October 2026 | 10:30am - 3:30pm

https://ow.ly/cwq550ZYvA1

❤️🎄 Some Christmas traditions never go out of style!For 70 years, the Vintage Sleigh Ride has been part of the festive m...
15/10/2026

❤️🎄 Some Christmas traditions never go out of style!

For 70 years, the Vintage Sleigh Ride has been part of the festive magic at Coventry Transport Museum — and this Christmas, we're celebrating this very special milestone! ✨

With a nostalgic 1950s theme, a magical sleigh ride and plenty of festive cheer, it's the perfect opportunity to make new memories with your family while celebrating a little piece of Coventry's Christmas story. 🎅

Who's ready to make this Christmas one to remember? 👇

🎟️ Plan your visit: https://www.transport-museum.com/events/1550/visit-santa-vintage-sleigh-ride-experience

🎅 70 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC – AND WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORIES! ❤️For 70 years, our iconic Christmas sleigh has been b...
15/10/2026

🎅 70 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC – AND WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORIES! ❤️

For 70 years, our iconic Christmas sleigh has been bringing festive magic to Coventry, creating unforgettable memories for generations of families.

🎄 From childhood visits and treasured family traditions to magical moments shared with little ones of your own, we know the sleigh holds a special place in so many hearts. ✨

Now, as we celebrate this incredible milestone, we want to hear YOUR memories!

📸 Do you have an old photograph with the sleigh?
💌 A favourite Christmas memory to share?
🎄 A story that’s been passed down through your family?

We’d love you to send us your photos, stories and memories to feature on our Memory Wall, as part of this years experience.

Help us celebrate 70 years of festive magic and show how one very special sleigh has brought joy to generations 💖

🏎️ 💨 Thrust 2: Underneath the Cockpit🗓️ Thursday 29 October 2026 | ⏰ 11am - 3pm | 🎟️ Included with admissionSee undernea...
15/10/2026

🏎️ 💨 Thrust 2: Underneath the Cockpit

🗓️ Thursday 29 October 2026 | ⏰ 11am - 3pm | 🎟️ Included with admission

See underneath the cockpit of one of the most iconic vehicles in land speed record history and discover where Richard Noble sat when he broke the World Land Speed Record on 4 October 1983 ✨

🏜️ Reaching an incredible 633 mph on the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Thrust 2 made history and cemented its place as one of Britain’s most remarkable engineering achievements.

You’ll have the opportunity to take a closer look underneath the cockpit of Thrust 2 and discover the features that made this incredible machine capable of reaching such extraordinary speeds!

Learn more 📲 https://www.transport-museum.com/events/1661/thrust-2-underneath-the-cockpit

14/10/2026

Have you explored our Jaguar Gallery?

From classic British motoring to the future of electric performance, our Jaguar collection spans almost 70 years of automotive innovation. 🚗

Take a journey from the 1949 Jaguar Mark V, with its fascinating links to Jaguar’s racing heritage, all the way through to the 2018 Jaguar I-PACE – Jaguar’s all-electric performance SUV. ⚡

And that’s just the beginning… 👀

With a selection of iconic Jaguars on display, there’s plenty to discover for motoring enthusiasts, history lovers and anyone who appreciates a beautiful car. 🏁

Come and explore the collection for yourself at the Coventry Transport Museum! https://www.transport-museum.com

14/10/2026

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Millennium Place, Hales St
Coventry
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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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