Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection Reviews Summary

Value

Pros:

• "Good value too with two adult tickets costing £15!"
• "At only £6.75 per adult it was a bargain."
• "Very reasonable price and about an hour of fun."
• "Bargain ticket prices at £7 for adults, £5 for children 5-16, family ticket at £22 and free for under 5s."
• "The admission is very reasonable price as well at just over £6 per adult, family ticket also available."
• "Excellent entry fee."
• "Best £6 spent."

Cons:

• "I would say give it a miss if you are not into vintages items. And I felt it is probably not worth the ticket money."
• "7£ admission is a lot to ask for a collection of cars that are just thrown in there."
• "A bit pricey, though."
• "Way too cramped, over priced, boring for families with children under 25 and it was also very small compared to the price that you pay to get in."

Collection & Exhibits

Pros:

• "The museum's toy collection includes pedal cars, bicycles, toy cars, buses, aeroplanes and other vehicles, model kits, meccano built into vehicles and structures, wooden and metal vehicles, and penny tin toys."
• "Spread over 8 rooms you wander from delight to delight. Not just the cars but the old signs, petrol pumps and toys."
• "The museum's collection includes cars, motorcycles, bicycles, caravans, and motoring memorabilia of the 20th century."
• "The most extensive collection of metal signs, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, caravans, toys and much more."
• "So many items on display, cars, bikes, toys etc. with boards adding snippets of information."
• "8 rooms of various vintage motoring vehicles. Lots of memorabilia."
• "A huge collection of motoring related bric-a-brac, quite a few old cars and motorcycles all crammed into a small, tardis like, building."

Cons:

• "I was somewhat disappointed that the collection of autos wasn't more extensive. Didn't see too many from late 40s or early 50s."
• "Found the earliest cars good but doesn't have the range across 70's to 90s."
• "The museum itself is quite small and there are too many vintage cars and not enough modern ones."
• "I don't recall seeing much from 1970 onwards which is a shame because I am a big fan of 80s cars and more modern vehicles as well."
• "There are some unusual and interesting cars in the collection, but also some gaps, with some makes and/or models not represented."

Accessibility & Facilities

Pros:

• "Plenty of room for wheelchair or mobility scooter."
• "Wheelchair accessible, very friendly, would highly recommend a visit."
• "Child friendly with a nice play area and reasonably accessible for the disabled such as myself."
• "Great disabled access throughout the exerbition."
• "Well worth £7.50 entrance fee and dogs are welcome."
• "The staff were friendly and accommodating."
• "Fantastic for kids, young and old!"

Cons:

• "IMPORTANT note - for a motor museum I was surprised you cannot park a car!"
• "There is no parking on site, but there is on-street parking nearby."
• "No parking but there's a big car park just a 5-minute walk away."
• "Wouldn't recommend wheelchairs as not very spacious in places but that's down to the array of things to view."
• "Only downside is the lack of a service block (toilets and showers) etc..."
• "Nice staff but no refreshment or bathroom facilities however both are available nearby."
• "The toilets are charged by 30p."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "A true gem and delight with helpful staff and truly dog friendly."
• "The staff were friendly and chatty, and the gift shop that you started and ended in the prices was very reasonable."
• "The staff are brilliant. Very welcoming."
• "Greeted well in the reception."
• "The gentleman behind the counter is very polite and will even take time out to talk to you about the memorabilia."
• "Staff extremely friendly & welcoming."
• "All the staff were really friendly."

Cons:

• "Extremely rude and racist people."
• "An angry little man came and spoke to my teenage daughter in the most rudest manner."