British Cycling Museum

The Old Station
Camelford
Cornwall
PL32 9TZ

Tel: +44 (0)1840 212 811
Fax: +44 (0)1840 212 811


Our Museum, the nation's foremost museum of cycling history, is housed in an old Victorian Railway Station. It opened for the first time to the public on the 17th April 1992 following years of amassing cycling memorabilia as a hobby.

Included in the museum are:

  • Over 400 examples of cycles
  • Old cycle repair workshop
  • Over 1000 cycling medals, fobs and badges from 1881
  • Extensive library of books
  • The first cycle oil lamp and window displays of gas, candle, battery and oil lighting
  • Gallery of framed cycling pictures
  • Displays of ceramic cycling items and models of cycling
  • A history of cycling from 1818.



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    Opening Times
    (2007 times)
    All year, Sundays to Thursdays 10.00am - 5.00pm.
    Private parties at other times by appointment.

    Admission Charges
    (2007 prices)
    Adult £3.35; Child (5-17yrs) £1.90

    Directions
    One mile north of Camelford on the B3266 Boscastle Road.
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    British Cycling Museum Postcode for SatNav: PL32 9TZ

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