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Cover of Turning Back the Pages of Raleigh Cycles of Nottingham

Find out more about the Raleigh Cycle Company through one of our latest publications, 'Turning Back the Pages of Raleigh Cycles'. The book can be purchased at Nottinghamshire Archives and Libraries. Full details on titles, with costs and a booking form, are available on our Local Studies publications page.

The catalogue of the Raleigh Cycle Archive can be searched online via the Access to Archives website at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a

Search for the term 'Raleigh'. Results are shown at the foot of the page, and the Raleigh catalogue is the first hit.

Raleigh's own collection of bicycles are now preserved at Brooklands Museum, the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation. The collection can be viewed in the Racing Lock-Ups as part of the Raleigh Cycle Exhibition. For more information please visit their website at www.brooklandsmuseum.com

The Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick holds the National Cycle Archive. For more information please visit their website at www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc

The National Cycle Collection is the national museum for the bicycle. Their displays include early bicycles such as the Hobby Horse, Boneshakers and Penny Farthings, up to the most modern carbon fibre machines of today. For more information please visit their website at www.cyclemuseum.org.uk

The Industrial Museum in Wollaton Park includes a display of bicycles linked with the city of Nottingham. For more information please visit their website at www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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