The collection houses exhibits relating to Coventry's proud motor sports history, including Jaguar's Formula One car, rally cars from Rootes-Chrysler, and two Lea Francis Hypers one of which won its class at Le Mans 24 hour race in 1929 driven by Kenneth Peacock and co-driver Sammy Newsome.
Find out more Head down memory lane to the Lakeland Motor Museum and feast your eyes on a unique collection of 30,000 exhibits including over 150 bicycles ranging from early examples to modern day classics.
Find out more Produced by Merton Library and Heritage Service, the Merton Memories website offers unprecedented access to a unique collection of photographs charting the history of Merton over the past 150 years.
Find out more Archaeological to contemporary artefacts are included in the collections, and cover all sporting disciplines. There is a particular emphasis on traditional Scottish sports and games (hand ball games, stone and hammer throwing) and sports most commonly associated with Scotland (curling, football and rugby, golf, Highland games, motor-car/cycle racing, mountaineering and shinty).
Find out more In addition to the resources housed in the Club's well-stocked Library, the Royal Automobile Club archive is a unique and valuable collection of documents, memorabilia and photographs, providing not only an immense wealth of original evidence about the long history of the Club, but also a rich source for motor sport historians.
Find out more The Sporting Memories Network features online memories collected by a charity which uses memories of sport as a form of reminiscence activity for people suffering from dementia, depression and loneliness.
Find out more A museum dedicated to the life of one man, Jim Clark, who, born in Fife, but raised near Duns, became one of the greatest world champions that motor racing has ever seen.
Find out more We hold many records in our collections relating to sports in the county including athletics, bowls, boxing, cricket, cycling, golf, motor sport, rowing and lawn tennis.
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