Our history

WTHT is a registered charity and Company limited by guarantee. We lease two buildings in which to keep our vehicles and artefacts  plus several privately owned buses.  The eventual aim of the trust is to open a museum to house its ever expanding collection and make them more accessible to the public.

We own a number of buses, fire engines and other vehicles some of which are used in community events. Volunteers are engaged in restoring , maintaining and operating these historic vehicles. The Trust now has a small retail outlet on Workington station .

We have established an events programme making our activities self funding whilst building up a financial reserve for the future. Our aim is to build up a visitor attraction in Workington helping to promote more employment, training and volunteering opportunities

Come and help us

We are always in need of volunteers to help with:

vehicle restoration

manning the sales stand at events

Helping to run the station shop

For more details see our volunteering  page

Volunteers at work on one of the vehicles

To join us go here

If you have any further questions please contact Alistair