Canvey Island Transport Museum

15/06/2026

We are having an open day with Craft Stalls this Sunday, 21st June, Father’s Day, 10.30 to 16.00.
Please come and visit us and take a look at our collection of vintage vehicles and displays.
We can only allow blue badge holder parking on site, on a first come basis, as space is limited. So please park at the seafront and we will be running a free bus link, with one of our vintage buses from the bus stop opposite the Monico bar, on the seafront. Bus normally leaves the museum on the hour and half hour and leaves the Monico at 10 & 40 minutes past the hour. As these are vintage buses we can only carry pushchairs that are folded and can be taken inside the bus with you. The first bus will leave the Monico at 10.40.
Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome.
If you are parking near the museum, please do not park on or across our neighbours driveways, thank you.

07/06/2026

Our friends at “The Bay Museum” are having a Memories exhibition at the Heritage Centre.

07/06/2026

28/05/2026

HELP! We are theming our July 5th Open Day around the 1940’s and we urgently need a few select vehicles to show to visitors on the day!

SO - if you have have vintage commercial vehicle or motorcycle from the 1940s and would be interested in displaying it at this special event on July 5th, then WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!

PLEASE CONTACT US for more info via our Museum email address - [email protected] - and we’ll be in touch!
(photographs: © Ian Banks)

09/05/2026

We are having an open day with Craft Stalls this Sunday, 17th May, 10.30 to 16.00. We will also have the pleasure of the local Ukulele band, the Island Strummers, coming to play for us.
Please come and visit us and take a look at our collection of vintage vehicles and displays.
We can only allow blue badge holder parking on site, on a first come basis, as space is limited. So please park at the seafront and we will be running a free bus link, with one of our vintage buses from the bus stop opposite the Monico bar, on the seafront. Bus normally leaves the museum on the hour and half hour and leaves the Monico at 10 & 40 minutes past the hour. As these are vintage buses we can only carry pushchairs that are folded and can be taken inside the bus with you. The first bus will leave the Monico at 10.40.
Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome.
If you are parking near the museum, please park in Canvey Island Football ground car park, first right after you pass the museum and not on or across our neighbours driveways, thank you.

29/04/2026

We are having a Museum open day this Sunday 3rd May , 10.30 to 16.00, no stalls.
Please come and visit us and take a look at our collection of vintage vehicles and displays.
We can only allow blue badge holder parking on site, on a first come basis, as space is limited. So please park at the seafront and we will be running a free link bus from opposite the Monico bar, on the seafront. Bus normally leaves the museum on the hour and half hour and leaves the Monico at 10 & 40 minutes past the hour, first bus from the Monico 10.40. As these are vintage buses we can only carry pushchairs that are folded and can be taken inside the bus with you.
Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome.
If you wish to park near the museum please park at Canvey Island Football ground, first right after you pass the museum and if you do park near the museum please do not park on or across our neighbours driveways, thank you.

19/04/2026

We are open today, please come along and view our display of historic vehicles and transport related displays. Unfortunately we do not have a bus available today to run our link service, so please park at Canvey Island Football ground car park, first right after the museum.

05/02/2026

We are moving along with the shop and tea room areas.
We have now installed 2 original museum windows, these where originally fitted in the front exterior ground floor and where removed when they where bricked up. We have now had then glazed and painted along with the doors and shop counter in the area.
Basically we don’t have much left to do, paint the floor, put in a wheelchair access/fire exit door then hopefully we can get sign off from the council and start using the area, then we can get on with the upstairs.

21/12/2025

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
We would like to thank everyone for their support during 2025 and we look forward to seeing you in 2026.
Here are the dates that we will be open next year, we are still finalising the events and details will be posted on here once sorted.