The Castle Point Transport Museum is home to over 30 old and rare buses and coaches alongside vintage commercials, military and emergency vehicles. The display boasts a heritage ranging from the 1940s to the 1990s and in addition to the classic vehicles has a wide range of transport memorabilia and costumes on display. The vehicles are mostly owned by private individuals and preservation groups intent on restoring them to their original condition. Visitors can see the full range of restoration work underway from the semi derelict through to the finished product in pristine, showroom state. Many of the buses and coaches are from the locality with an impressive collection of former Eastern National vehicles. Southend Corporation is also well represented together with other examples from as far afield as Glasgow, Blackpool, Stoke, Lowestoft and Ipswich. Commercials include a very rare GPO Telephones Maudslay box-van, whilst a locally based Dennis fire tender and a turntable ladder from the South Yorkshire brigade represent the emergency vehicles. The major military attraction is a massive, fully equipped 3-axle Scammell recovery unit. Run entirely by volunteers, the Museum is open on the first and third Sunday of each month from April to Mid-October. Admission is free except for the annual end-of-season Transport Show held on the second Sunday in October (14th October 2007.) On this day, we have large displays of visiting vehicles on the Canvey Sea-Front car park and classic cars at the school adjacent to the Museum. Vintage and modern buses provide a free courtesy service to and from the Museum where a large number of stalls selling transport related items are situated.