The Brooklands Society was founded in October 1967 by the eminent journalist and author Bill Boddy to perpetuate the story and history of Brooklands Motor Course and Aerodrome and to restore the 1907 - 1939 racetrack. In the early seventies we managed to get access to the Brooklands site which had been inaccessible since 1939, and we set about clearing away over 30 years worth of scrap aircraft production materials and industrial infrastructure so that eventually in 1991 the Brooklands Museum Trust was formed and the Brooklands Museum, which sadly occupies only 30 acres of the orginal 300 acre Motor Course site, was opened.

Had it not been for The Brooklands Society, the Brooklands Museum would not exist today. In truth had it not been for the practical preservation work and the legal, planning and legislative preservation work of our members and more latterly specialists within the Museum staff, the entire site would probably have been developed for housing and commercial use and most if not all of the track would have been entirely destroyed by now. 

We are not a commercial organisation and we do not run the museum. The Brooklands Society is totally independent of the Brooklands Museum and the Brooklands Museum Trust although over the years we are proud to have contributed over £80,000 in hard cash to support the Museum. The Brooklands Society exists to help preserve the entire Brooklands site and track and to research and promote the history of the races held at Brooklands from 1907 to 1939, the cars, motorcycles and aircraft which competed and appeared there and the men and women who designed, built, drove and flew them.

The Brooklands Society organises a number of events throughout the year, including event and film nights, dinners and the annual Brooklands Society Reunion which is traditionally held at Brooklands Museum on the last Sunday in June. We also publish the highly regarded Brooklands Society Gazette four times a year which is distributed exclusively to our members. Having prevented the majority of the track from being destroyed we now need to set about restoring it - a task which is ultimately going to cost millions. If you want to be part of this very important task of restoring the early twentieth century engineering marvel that is Brooklands, the world's first motor racing track, now over 100 years old, for future generations to drive on and marvel at, you can join us by clicking on the menu links to the left.