The Brooklands Society is often confused with The Brooklands Museum but although The Society was fundamentally involved in the museum's formation we do not run the museum.

Brooklands Museum is a commercial operation which under the control of Brooklands Museum Trust is responsible for day to day on-site operations. Primarily the museum has to cover its running costs and preferably generate a surplus fo re-investment in its facilities. The museum's primary considerations must therefore lie within its 30 acre site which is leased from Gallaghers whose offices are situated at the north east corner of the Brooklands estate.

The Brooklands Society is not primarily a commercial organisation. Originally the Society was founded to concern itself with what happened at Brooklands between its opening in 1907 and its eventual demise in 1939. These events included motor racing, motorcycle racing and pre-war aviation and it is in these areas that our experts specialise.

When The Brooklands Society was incorporated on 18th October 1967 most of the old track still existed but was under serious threat of destruction. Now, in the second millennium with today's heightened sensitivity towards  preservation and heritage, it seems astounding that in the 1970s various interested parties were intent only upon developing Brooklands for profit with a complete disregard for its preservation.  Nevertheless we know that we can not be complacent. New avaricious developers could suddenly appear at any time and it is the job of the Brooklands Society to maintain vigilance for when this happens. History teaches us above all else that nothing in this lfe is permanent or can be taken for granted. This is why the independent non-commercial Brooklands Society exists alongside the Brooklands Museum Trust.

To put the importance of the Brooklands Society into perspective Brooklands Museum was not opened until 1991 and occupies only 30 acres of the total 300 acre site. The Brooklands Society worked for 24 years before the museum was opened to clear the site of hundreds of tons of rubbish and postwar aircraft scrap which had been stored by Vickers (later BAE) and concurrent with this effort to obtain preservation orders on most of the original track and its environs. You can read more about this and view a gallery of photograps from the 24 years of work between 1967 and 1991 elsewhere on this website.

So what is next? Well, in our view the most important issue is still the one issue that in over 40 years has not been addressed and that is the restoration of the Members' Banking and the replacement of the Hennebique Bridge over the River Wey. If you feel that the track, which falls into greater disrepair every year, is the important issue you should join with us to help implement this important project because without the track there would be no Brooklands. There are hundreds of museums around the world but only one has Brooklands Track as its anchor and backdrop and that is what we must preserve..