CAR & MOTORCYCLE VENUES

Somewhere to
point it at.

Cafés, meets and motoring venues worth the drive or ride: a good breakfast, a car park full of interesting machinery and people who get it.
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Midlands 8

Museum & events · Cars & bikes

Bicester Motion

Bicester, Oxfordshire

Former RAF airfield turned motoring and aviation centre, open to visitors through its Scramble days and other events.

Museum & events · Cars

British Motor Museum

Gaydon, junction 12 of the M40, Warwickshire

The world’s largest collection of historic British cars, with club days and shows through the year.

Meet venue · Cars & bikes

Caffeine & Machine: The Bowl

Near Millbrook, Bedfordshire

The second Caffeine & Machine, opened in 2023 and named after Millbrook Proving Ground’s banked high-speed bowl. Coffee, food and meets for cars and bikes.

Meet venue · Cars & bikes

Caffeine & Machine: The Hill

Ettington, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Motoring coffee house, bar, restaurant and B&B in twelve acres, with everything from supercars to vintage bikes most weekends. Weekend parking is booked, and the fee comes back as food credit.

Café · Cars & bikes

Gilks’ Garage Café

Kineton, Warwickshire

Café on the B4086 at the edge of Kineton, the gateway to south Warwickshire’s best driving roads.

Café · Cars & bikes

Jacks Hill Café

A5 near Towcester, Northamptonshire

Famous truck-stop café where truckers, bikers and car enthusiasts refuel, with regular events through the year.

Museum & events · Bikes

National Motorcycle Museum

Solihull, by the NEC, West Midlands

More than 1,000 motorcycles, mostly British, with a restaurant. Just off junction 6 of the M42.

Meet venue · Cars & bikes

The Piston Club

Redhill, near Alcester, Warwickshire

Country pub from the team behind BTCC’s Power Maxed Racing, with classic car meets, autojumbles, race screenings and a campsite.

Descriptions come from each venue’s own website and well-known guides, checked in September 2026. We haven’t visited every one, so check opening times before you set off. Know somewhere we’ve missed? Tell us.