Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum

About the museum

The Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum is a small museum of motor cycling history in the Battlesbridge Antiques Centre, which occupies a group of old farm and mill buildings on the tidal River Crouch in Essex. It is run by a team of enthusiasts who ride their own vintage machines to the museum.

The display brings together classic and vintage motorcycles with accessories and assorted memorabilia that evoke motor cycling through the decades. Riders from all over the area drop in to chat and drink tea, so the museum doubles as a meeting point for the local biking community.

The setting has its own history. Battlesbridge has been a river port since medieval times, trading in flour, hay, coal, malt and lime, and the antiques centre now fills several listed granary and farm buildings around the village green. The present iron bridge over the Crouch dates from 1872.

Highlights

• Vintage and classic motorcycles
• Accessories and motor cycling memorabilia
• Meeting place for local vintage riders
• Set within a historic riverside antiques centre

Permanent exhibition

• Vintage and classic motorcycles – A collection of vintage and classic motorcycles shown with accessories and memorabilia from the history of motor cycling.

Founded

1984

Admission & discounts

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The antiques centre says its buildings are mostly accessible, but the Old Granary building has no lift. No separate access information is given for the museum itself.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The centre lies just off the A130, midway between Chelmsford and Southend, on the banks of the River Crouch. what3words for the museum: blast.condition.lookout.

Amenities & dining

• Café

The antiques centre has several places to eat and drink on site, including the Riverview Tearoom and Shelagh’s Diner. Toilets are available in all areas of the antiques centre.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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