The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft

31/08/2026

We will be open again today, Bank Holiday Monday, from 10.30am to 4.30pm. The admission charge covers all your trolleybus rides and the rides on our new miniature railway as well as entry to our cycle museum, toy museum, exhibition centre, cinema and 1950s prefab.
Yesterday our volunteer Nicola passed out as a conductor and our railway carried its greatest number of passengers in the nine days it has been operating!

25/08/2026

Our weekday opening this week is proving very popular! We will be open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (26 - 28 August) and on these days we have no set admission charge, although we appreciate donations to help us to keep the museum running.
Come and ride on our trolleybuses - we have the largest collection of historic trolleybuses in the world. We have visitors from all round the world and today Gagan and Binita from Nepal loved their ride on our Cleethorpes trolleybus as part of their UK holiday.
Our new Sandtoft & District Railway is running every day and is attracting many compliments from our visitors.
We have lots of other attractions to keep you busy - the Toy Museum, Cycle Shop, 1950s prefab, exhibition centre and cinema. We also have an excellent cafe and a well-stocked shop selling books and souvenirs.
Come and spend a day with us!

08/08/2026

Today we see the first train leaving the station on the Sandtoft & District Railway

27/07/2026

We are pleased to anounce that Malcolm Coates has kindly donated Maidstone 56 to the museum this morning.

Malcolm has owned and cared for 56 since 1982 an we are grateful that he would trust us with her ongoing preservation.

25/07/2026

Gathering '26 is getting underway, we are expecting to run Rotherham 37, Cleethorpes 54, Wellington 82, Maidstone 72, Reading 113 & 193, South Shields 204, Newcastle 501, Huddersfield 541, Bradford 746 and London 1348. We are expecting 30 visiting motorbuses and around 90 classic cars!

16/07/2026

Find out more:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/4392053141067067

02/07/2026

Today we hosted a visit from Siemens Mobility, the group is seen here in front of the only surviving trolleybus in the UK to have Siemens equipment, Aachen 22.

15/06/2026

For more information, to enter a vehicle or book a sales stand please use the link below.

https://sandtoft.org/wp/the-sandtoft-gathering/

08/06/2026

THE TROLLEYBUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE

Still 2 places available in 2026!

Bookings also tabeing taken for 2027

Visit the website:

Trolleybus Driving Experience Booking Page Available Places There are still two places left for the 2026 season: Saturday 4th July 2026 – 1 place available Sunday 5th July 2026 – 1 place available However, we are now taking bookings for 2027: Saturday 22nd May – 3 places available Sunday 23rd ...

07/06/2026

We had very poor weather for our Volunteer Recruitment Day yesterday BUT we managed to recruit six new volunteers! They are interested in a variety of roles on days when we are open to the public and on days when we are maintaining the site and our collection.

We would still love to recruit more new volunteers! A very wide range of opportunities exist, including operating the trolleybuses (starting as a conductor and progressing to driver), engineering, project management, administration, joinery and much more. We have a particular need for help in the cafe and we are also recruiting for our new 7 1/4″ railway. Whatever your skills, we can put them to good use!
If you were not able to visit us yesterday we would still love to hear from you.

Email [email protected]
Website: www.sandtoft.org

We are looking forward to welcoming our latest recruits this Wednesday and for our open days next weekend. Thank you to our loyal volunteers who turned out in terrible weather yesterday to help recruit new friends.