Upcoming Events

Join us onboard for a complimentary half hour circular trip around the city. Our Routemaster will making six free tours, daily, around our beautiful city, on the days leading up to christmas. She will be decorated with Christmas lights and tinsel and our crews will be suitably festive. Other vintage, guest buses will also take part. There is no need to book, each trip is first come, first served. The trips are free, yes free, but our Santa's Elves will be carrying collecting buckets to take your donations for charity. Buses run on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th of December, setting off from the Coach Bay outside the Castle Quarter. Tell your friends and come and join us.

At Dereham Heritage Open Day take a ride around the various places of interest on one of our vintage buses.

Join us at the North Norfolk Railway, to ride the steam trains, view the classic vehicles and take a free ride on the vintage buses. For more information click the button to visit the NNR website.

Join us at Thursford for the fifth Steam and Vintage Gala Day. There will be all manner of vintage vehicles including of course full size and miniature steam engines, not to mention performances by Robert Wolfe on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an aerobatic display. To find out more about Thursford click the button to visit their website.

The BIG Bus Show will see a collection of historic and modern buses and other vehicles featuring transport through time for enthusiasts of all ages to enjoy. The show will feature buses ranging from 1930 to the present day. Visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their own favourite visiting bus or coach during the day, an accolade that is sought by many a bus owner. With an array of trade stands, a variety of food and drink vendors and memorabilia displays and showground attractions this is a fun and educational event for all the family. Visit the Big Bus Show website by clicking on the button below.

Join in England’s annual celebration of local history and architecture. This is your chance to have a wonderful FREE day out exploring King’s Lynn’s historic buildings, houses, offices, gardens, churches, chapels, towers and tunnels not normally open to the public. Look out for special events, colourful re-enactors, children’s activities, music, dancing, miniature trains, boats, classic cars and exhibitions. Travel around all day on FREE VINTAGE BUSES! For more information visit the Kings Lynn Civic Society website, just click on the button below.

Join our friends at the EATM for their bus weekend, which this year has a local theme- featuring buses old and new from East Anglian operators. Vehicle entry forms are available from their website for buses which operate/operated in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. A free park & ride service, courtesy of First Eastern Counties, operates both days. Visit the EATM website by clicking the button below.

This event new for 2024 has been organised by a friend of NVBH and fellow enthusiast Pat Burnside. He has three immaculate vintage buses and hopes to have several more there on the day. For more information click the button to visit his website.

Come and experience RML2401 for free, yes free! She will be attending along with both our other preserved buses and a large selection of both modern and vintage buses that visit from further afield. Please do join us, it's always a fabulous event! Buses make a variety of trips around the East Dereham area throughout the day. On the day check the board at the Railway Station, choose the trips you'd like to go on and join the queue. All trips are on a first come, first served basis. For more information please click the button below to visit the MNR website.

Join our friends at the EATM and be transported back to the sights and sounds of the swinging 60s at a special themed weekend. With all the usual museum attractions, there’s plenty of vehicles in EATM's extensive fleet from the 60s to travel on and entertainment is planned for both days. Free bus services to Lowestoft and Beccles and a free park & ride service, courtesy of First Eastern Counties, operates both days. Go along in 1960s costume for half-price entry. Read more about the EATM by visiting their website, just click the button below.

1976 ex-Eastern Counties Bristol VR bus, VR190 owned by Don, Ivan, John and a few of their enthusiast friends, will be going to the Delaine Running Day at Bourne, picking up at Dereham and Swaffham, and operating a couple of free journeys there. Full details about the event can be found here: https://www.delaineheritagetrust.org/newsandevents.html Please check for timings with David Burdett dburdett1955@gmail.com