Silverstone Circuit and Museum, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN.

Details

Accessibility

https://www.silverstone.co.uk/visit-stay/accessibility

+ Silverstone Museum, Silverstone, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN: https://www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility/

"Accessibility Features:

Automatic doors

Baby Change Facilities

Changing Places Toilet (CPT)

Accessible Toilet

Customer Help Points

Dedicated Seating

Disabled Parking

Lift

PeeP (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan )

Wheelchair Accessible.

Silverstone Museum offers relaxed opening hours for visitors with neuro-diverse conditions and other sensory processing difficulties, and their families/carers.

The museum will welcome visitors with understanding staff, reduced visitor numbers, low sound levels, minimised visuals, and increased lighting.

Please be aware that the café will not be available during this time.  

For further information or if you have any questions, please contact learning@silverstonemuseum.co.uk 

There are 6 designated parking bays for blue badge holders. On busy days, additional parking for other visitors may be on less even ground. There is a drop-off zone. We offer free carer admission for one assisting companion. Free admission for assisting companion is only available for standard admission. You may be asked for proof of disability allowance. The area is well lit and has a shop, café and toilets.

Silverstone Museum is located on the complex, adjacent to Silverstone Circuit. There are activities on track most days. You may encounter racing noises coming from the back of the building and if you go outside. Exhibits are displayed in one building, a restored aircraft hangar, which has 2 floors. This building is around 40m long.

Silverstone Museum is fully accessible to wheelchairs. Wheelchairs are available for loan from Silverstone Museum. There is no charge, but visitors are asked to reserve a wheelchair prior to visiting by emailing bookings@silverstonemuseum.co.uk  The route between the building and the car park has an even surface. You must cross an internal perimeter road. If you choose to take advantage of the Heritage Track Trail to the rear of Silverstone Museum, some parts of the terrain are quite steep and can be stoney and grassy where there isn’t a tarmac path.The entrance to the exhibition is on the first floor via stair access, although a lift is available. The exhibition is on level terrain across two floors via stair access, with a lift available for transition between the exhibition floors. Light levels are quite low with a lot of audio visuals. https://www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/media/letncsxh/silverstonemuseum_map-feb24-update.pdf "

Brief description

https://www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/media/letncsxh/silverstonemuseum_map-feb24-update.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverstone_Circuit

2025: "Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix. The 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the first race in the newly created World Championship of Drivers. The race rotated between Silverstone, Aintree and Brands Hatch from 1955 to 1986, but settled permanently at the Silverstone track in 1987. The circuit also hosts the British round of the MotoGP series. The Silverstone circuit is on the site of a Royal Air Force bomber station, RAF Silverstone, which was operational between 1943 and 1946.[3] The station was the base for the No. 17 Operational Training Unit. The airfield's three runways, in classic WWII triangle format, lie within the outline of the present track.

The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border and is accessed from the nearby A43. The Northamptonshire towns of Towcester (5 miles (8.0 km)) and Brackley (7 miles (11 km)) and the town of Buckingham, (situated in Buckinghamshire) (6 miles (9.7 km)) are close by, and the nearest city is Milton Keynes, the home of Formula One team Oracle Red Bull Racing. Many F1 teams have bases in the UK, but Aston Martin (formerly Force India) is the closest to the track, with a new base having just been built under a kilometre from the race circuit."

Address

Silverstone Museum, Silverstone, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN.

Email

https://www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/contact-us/

Phone

https://www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/contact-us/

Website

https://www.silverstone.co.uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverstone_Circuit

Directions

"Most visitors to Silverstone Museum will enter from the dedicated car park. Most visitors enter the exhibition through the doors on the left at the front of the building, opposite the car park. During busy race weekends visitors may enter the museum through the rear doors of the building next to the café. Please be prepared to scan your ticket. There is a large, dedicated car park available for visitors to Silverstone Museum. Parking is free of charge and has ample space for coaches. The main car park has an even surface and no height restriction. There are 6 designated parking bays for blue badge holders. On busy days, additional parking for other visitors may be on less even ground. There is a drop-off zone.

We do not currently have any Electric Vehicle charging points."

Opening Times

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

Transport

For further travel information please see: www.traveline.info

Or call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33
(Calls cost 12p per minute plus your phone company's access charge)

Amenities

Silverstone Museum, Silverstone, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN. Cafe, shop, free parking, toilets