Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum (2025)
Wiltshire
Situated on the old Swindon Works site, the museum tells the story of Swindon and the GWR. As well as locomotives such as ‘Caerphilly Castle’ and ‘King George V’, the museum features audio visual and interactive displays.
Address: off Fire Fly Avenue Kemble Drive Swindon Wiltshire SN2 2TA
Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1100-1600. Visit website or facebook for more details and advance booking.
The story is brought to life with famous GWR locomotives, imaginative story-telling displays, videos – mixing rare archive film footage with the stories of ex-railway workers – hands-on exhibits, interactive displays and a large number of rare GWR objects memorabilia. The museum is peopled by character figures life-cast from Swindon people – many of them former railway workers.