Grand Prix: Where It All Began
The first British Grand Prix was held here in 1926!Â
Drive the original track in the McLaren F1 Simulator and explore our collection of classic racing cars.
The development of Grand Prix racing in Britain is represented in displays of historic cars, photographs, costumes and memorabilia from the 1920s and '30s up to the present day.
Explore the workshop of Robin Jackson, one of motor racing’s leading engineers in the 1930s. This building is named after Jackson.
Look out for the racing car on the ceiling above the F1 simulator!
Further exhibitions
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Fastest on earth
In here you will discover the Brooklands Motorcycle collection and some of the greatest Brooklands cars to have raced on the track.
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Clubhouse
The green-domed Clubhouse was built in 1907 to accommodate the race track officials such as stewards, the Clerk of the Scales and the Clerk of the Course.
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Race track
The original circuit, which opened in June 1907, was designed by Col. H.C.L. Holden to comprise a large banked oval circuit bisected by a finishing straight.
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Aircraft factory
Explore the Brooklands Aircraft Factory, an immersive environment, harking back to the Hangar’s original use as a manufacturing building.
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Flight shed
The Flight Shed exhibition tells the stories of the pilots and navigators who flew the aircraft.
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Barnes Wallis stratosphere chamber
The inspirational story of Barnes Wallis, a pioneer beyond his times, who also designed the World War Two-winning Tall Boy and Bouncing Bombs.
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First to the fastest
Brooklands was at the centre of some of the most significant innovations of the 20th century that have changed the way we travel today.
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Innovating the world of flight
Brooklands was one of the most productive aircraft manufacturing sites in Europe, with nearly 19,000 aircraft having made their first flights from here over an 80 year period.
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McLaren: Driven by design
This behind-the-scenes exhibition explores how the team at McLaren Automotive designed and developed one of the ultimate supercars, the McLaren Senna GTR.
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London Bus museum
The London Bus Museum at Brooklands houses a remarkable collection of around 35 buses and coaches, the largest collection of working historic London buses in the world.
