The Pendine Museum of Speed was dedicated to the use of

Pendine Sands Pendine Sands ( cy, Traeth Pentywyn) is a beach on the shores of Carmarthen Bay on the south coast of Wales. It stretches west to east from Gilman Point to Laugharne Sands. The village of Pendine ( cy, Pentywyn, link=no) is close to the west ...

for

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attempts. It was opened in 1996 in the village of

Pendine Pendine ( cy, Pentywyn, "end of the dunes") is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated on the northern shore of Carmarthen Bay and bordered by the communities of Eglwyscummin and Llanddowror, the population at the 2011 censu ...

, on the south coast of

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, and was owned and run by

Carmarthenshire County Council Carmarthenshire County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It provides a range of services including education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The coun ...

. The museum received 33,522 visitors in 2009. For part of each summer the museum housed ''

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'', the

car in which was killed in 1927. ''Babs'' was excavated in 1969 after 42 years of burial on the beach at Pendine Sands, and restored over the following 16 years by Owen Wyn Owen. In 2018 it was decided to replace the 1990s museum building, at a cost of £7 million. As of February 2021, the museum was closed and demolished, with a replacement under construction, whose opening date is yet to be confirmed. ''Babs'' was on display at Beaulieu Motor Museum until February 2019, but as of May 2019 was being maintained and no longer on display.

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Pendine Museum of Speed
at the Pendine Community Council website (as at January 2021)
Pendine Museum of Speed
at the Pendine Community Council website (2018 archive) Automobile museums in Wales Transport museums in Wales Museums in Carmarthenshire Sports museums in Wales {{UK-museum-stub

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