A good opportunity to see a world now gone from UK streets. Run by enthusiastic volunteers. A decent cup of tea served too !

This was a superb museum to visit on the 1940s weekend, where the staff were dressed as transport conductors and army soldiers from this period! Operational trolleybuses run on a route around the museum's outdoor area switching direction nearby the bus stop that they are boarded at, leather seating is quality in the interior plenty of seats as they are double decker's. There are ones from around the country liked the creamy yellow Newcastle trolleybus the most and buses are kept here too, with locations varying from Huddersfield to the Isle of Man! A trackless trolleybus is a unique addition and the top decks of trams introduced in Sheffield are left on their own one of them can even be walked on, bus and road signage items are interesting too. A toy and model building is included which has classic children's toys/pop-up houses, trolleybuses here are amongst other transport like trains or even carts and there is a couple of mini railways; Meccano can also be seen nearby! 1940s house to scale takes through the different rooms at the time, showing a contrast to now through the likes of living room and kitchen items. Military commando section out for the special weekend also where different guns could be picked up and a staff member even talked me through how far a rifle I handled would've shot, different jeeps are on display including the Tobruk one!

Yesterday we visited the Trolleybus Museum in Sandtoft and I highly recommend it! 🚎 It’s home to the world’s largest collection of trolleybuses, all run by dedicated volunteers. You can even ride on the trolleybuses, which is such a unique experience. There’s also a lovely café on site, making it a great day out. Such an amazing place – we’ll definitely be back!

At first it feels like an overcrowded giant shed that won't take long to go round BUT besides a wealth of historical trolleybuses to ride one is amazing, smooth, quiet and make current day trams seem noisy. They also run buses at set times around local area, showing old runways of 2nd world war and other interesting things of area. A surprise was cafe now serves hot sausage and bacon baps as well as many cakes etc, wish this was on web site, l would have given mcdonald's a miss. Around area was an ice cream van, a cinema showing a few facts re trolley buses, and other buildings with bikes, another with old toys and of course a shop with toys for the boys. Toilets are adequate for men, no idea for females but none where seen crosslegged so must be OK. I must admit, day was helped by guide on tour bus who was a delight, and pointed out many of above parts to visit which l initially missed. A good 4 hours spent looking round and talking to volunteers.

I am almost reluctant to post my review as I selfishly almost don’t want this fantastic little gem to become swamped and crowded with other visitors and want to keep it to myself! I visited the Trolleybus museum for the first time for their recent Blues and Twos weekend after a neighbour sent me an advertisement for it. Despite living close by, I had never heard of the museum before. The museum is entirely volunteer led and run and is frankly an exceptional and wonderful place which deserves to be much better known locally and further afield. I have subsequently visited a further two times and have had a consistently excellent visit on all three occasions. On arrival at the museum you are greeted by a parking attendant and directed to the free parking. You are warmly welcomed in the ticket office and given some old pennies to spend on a trolleybus ride (this is replaced by a day rider ticket by the conductor on your first ride which allows you to go on the bus again as many times as you like all day). The site is immaculately clean throughout and well-maintained. It includes a large garage full of trolleybuses, several trolleybuses offering rides around the site (and further afield!) all day, a lovely cafe, a gift shop, an old cycle shop, a toy museum, an example of a 1950s prefab, a small children’s play park and probably some other little gems that I haven’t yet noticed. The site is also currently developing a miniature railway behind the trolleybus sheds. A rather sweet touch is that the plants and trees on the site are all labelled with their names. Once a ticket is purchased it is valid for twelve months for unlimited re-entry, however I enjoyed the museum so much I decided to pay to become a member after my first visit. There are a number of themed weekends throughout the year including a 1940s weekend and a classic car one. My vehicle mad little boy loves coming here and riding around on the trolleybuses and I am sure this is somewhere we will enjoy visiting for a number of years to come.