Scarborough Fair Collection & Vintage Transport Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Also indoor entertainment centres
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Closed — opens Wednesday at 10am
🏠 Indoor8–1212–16Educational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Parking
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
On-site parking; the venue says visitors can park directly outside the museum.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Scarborough Fair Collection is a family-friendly museum set in the grounds of Flower of May Holiday Park on the coast road between Scarborough and Filey. Its collection covers vintage fairground rides that visitors can ride, including gallopers and bumper cars, alongside mechanical fairground organs, showman's steam engines, tractors, motorbikes and vintage cars. A large ballroom houses a Wurlitzer organ, and the organ music makes a lively backdrop while families eat in the café. Schools are welcomed for visits, and the museum also runs afternoon tea dances. Rides are charged separately from admission, and the collection suits children who enjoy machines and music as well as adults with an interest in transport history. The museum is largely indoors, so it works in changeable weather.
Questions parents ask
- How long should we allow for a visit?
- A typical visit lasts around 2 hours, which gives you time to explore the vintage cars, steam engines and fairground rides, and have a go on attractions like the bumper cars, gallopers and speedway.
- Is there a café, or should we bring food?
- The museum has a café on site, so you can buy refreshments during your visit without needing to bring a picnic.
- Can we get around with a buggy, and is it manageable with children of different ages?
- The museum has step-free access throughout, making it accessible with a buggy. The collection suits both juniors and teens, with rides and attractions designed to appeal to different ages.
- Is there parking at the venue?
- Yes, parking is available on site at the museum.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.- Waterproof phone pouch
Travel pillow
Handheld fanQueues and soft play both run hot.
Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.- Wet bagFor whatever comes home soaked.
Lip balm
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