National Motor Museum Monorail

The Beaulieu Monorail is England's oldest operating monorail, linking the National Motor Museum to the Beaulieu Palace House. The monorail line passes through the main museum building, allowing passengers to see the automobile collection from above.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Motor Museum and Beaulieu Abbey.

National Motor Museum

Museum

The National Motor Museum is a museum in the village of Beaulieu, set in the heart of the New Forest, in the English county of Hampshire.

Beaulieu Abbey

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Beaulieu Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1203–1204 by King John and populated by 30 monks sent from the abbey of Cîteaux in France, the mother house of the Cistercian order. Beaulieu Abbey is situated 780 feet southeast of National Motor Museum Monorail.

Beaulieu Palace House

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Beaulieu Palace House is a 13th-century house in Beaulieu, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Originally part of Beaulieu Abbey, the estate was bought in 1538 by Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Beaulieu Palace House is situated 980 feet south of National Motor Museum Monorail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buckler’s Hard and Dibden Purlieu.

Buckler’s Hard

Hamlet

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Buckler's Hard is a hamlet in the civil parish of Beaulieu, in the New Forest district of Hampshire county, England, on the banks of the Beaulieu River. Buckler’s Hard is situated 2 miles southeast of National Motor Museum Monorail.

Dibden Purlieu

Village

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Dibden Purlieu is a village situated on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The village merges with the nearby town of Hythe. It is in the civil parish of Hythe and Dibden. Dibden Purlieu is situated 2½ miles northeast of National Motor Museum Monorail.

Hardley

Village

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Hardley is a suburb of the village of Holbury in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England. Hardley is situated 3 miles northeast of National Motor Museum Monorail.

National Motor Museum Monorail

Type: Monorail
Description: British monorail service
Category: transportation
Location: Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.82279° or 50° 49′ 22″ north

Longitude

-1.45318° or 1° 27′ 12″ west

Inception

1974

Operator

National Motor Museum

Open location code

9C2WRGFW+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 46916897

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=monorail

Wikidata ID

Q6974396

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In Other Languages

“National Motor Museum Monorail” goes by many names.

Japanese: “ビューリー・モノレール”
Japanese: “国立自動車博物館モノレール”

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