Group News

Here you can keep up to date with all the happenings at The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group.

For more depth articles please feel to free to sign up to our membership!

30 November 2024

S12, H612RAH arrives home

After months of planning, we are very proud to announce H612RAH has arrived back at HQ!

20 October 2024

New Membership Plan Launched

• Bronze Membership £1 per week
This enables you to support The Group included you will receive half yearly newsletters and keep up to date with the latest happenings at The Group.

• Silver Membership £2 per week All the above plus free travel to events The Group attends with no additional contribution towards fuel costs.
Also, invitations to come and work on our vehicles at our base near Barton Mills in Suffolk. The Silver plan will also enable you FREE entry to The BIG Bus Show in August each year!

• Gold Membership £3 per weekAll the above plus the opportunity to drive our vehicles (upon an initial driver assessment, license checks plus insurance clearances). There will also be the chance to potentially to take vehicles to rallies too!

20 August 2024

959 (N619GAH) returns!

N619GAH made the 200 mile journey home in Early August from DS Coachworks in Sheffield. After a mammoth 3 year body overall we are happy to report it has been fully out shopped nearly like the day it arrived from Frank Guy Chesterfield!

16 August 2024

705 (S664SNG) moves.

S664SNG in early August made a 40 miles journey east to start to preparing it for MOT.
It was anticipated it would make a debut at The BIG Bus Show 2024, but due to technical issues this didn't happen.  

On going work will continue into late 2024/2025 to prepare and full service 705.

15 August 2024

FREE Bus Service
to 'The Middy Bar'

Next Friday (23 August 2024) we will be operating our 'FREE' Bus Service to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. 

Buses depart at 1830/1930 from Stowmarket, 1840/1940 from Stowupland and return at 2145.

12 August 2024

The BIG Bus Show - BIG Success

✅ 1500 + visitors
✅ 110+ vehicles on site
✅ 24 traders
✅ Model displays
✅ Top Field Light Railway
✅ Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
✅ Ipswich & District RC Truckers
One Day, One BIG Bus Show!
Provisional 2025 date,
Sunday 10 August 2025!

Save the date to join us at The East of England’s largest display of Vintage to Modern Buses and Coaches. 🚌

Find out more soon!  www.thebigbusshow.co.uk

22 July 2024

The BIG Bus Show

The BIG Bus Show lands in early August, with a total of 85+ entries plus trade stands and model displays!

Find out: www.thebigbusshow.co.uk

02 April 2024

NARTM Membership

During the winter of 2023/24 we signed up to The National Association of Road Transport Museums "NATRM". 

31 March 2024

P330RVG is alive!

Despite the hectic winter we have managed to resurrected P330RVG!

25 February 2024

H159 SKU arrival

We would like to welcome the latest arrival of H159SKU which has arrived from Wythall Bus Museum. 

Don't worry we don't intend to restore this one! But it has supplied several parts ahead of a special project arriving in the second quarter of 2024!

18 February 2024

New Year - New Start

During the last two weekends in February we have under taken the task of moving to a new site near Thetford Forest in Suffolk. 

The sites precise location isn't to be disclosed publicly but as you can see this is a big step up from our old sites in the neighbouring county of Cambridgeshire. 

01 December 2023

Season's Greetings

We would like to wish you all a Happy Christmas and Happy New Year. 

We are sure 2024 will be our biggest year to date and we look forward to sharing that journey with you all!

08 December 2023

Help to bring back S12 (H612RAH) !

We are raising money for The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group to help recover H612RAH back to England and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate a lot or a little. Anything helps. Thank you for your support.

Find out more - HERE - 

01 December 2023

The BIG Bus Show is open for entries TODAY!

Enter your vehicle, trade stand or model display today - HERE -

01 December 2023

Buy Online Today! 
The BIG Bus Show 2024

You can now purchase advance tickets for the 2024 show at Stonham Barns!

06 November 2023

We have joined instgram!

We have now joined Instagram, another way to keep up to date on the happenings here at The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group:

www.instagram.com/eastern_counties_bus

04 November 2023

FREE ENTRY for all Members!
The BIG Bus Show 2024

📣Announcement 📣

Why not join us?
📣 NEW 📣 Free Entry to The Big Bus Show 2024 at Stonham Barns on Sunday 11 August 2024!
YES that is right FREE entry to The BIG Bus Show 2024!

Find out more by looking at our
Sign Up Page


01 November 2023

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Partnership

New for 2024 is a brand new partnership between us & The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway to offer free services to Brockford Station on selective dates from Stowmarket Railway Station including Friday Nights at The Middy Bar!

We will also be providing a free service this November for Bygones Fair & Exhibition on Sunday 26 November!

To find out more about their events visit:
www.mslr.org.uk

31 October 2023

The BIG Bus Show 2024

We are very proud to announce that we will continuing to run The BIG Bus Show after the sucess of the 2023 show. 

Stonham Barns will still be the location but it will be solely managed us going forwards.

We will look forward to welcoming you in August 2024!

Sunday 11 August, Stonham Barns www.thebigbusshow.co.uk

October 2023

Expansion of Social Media

During October we have now created a new YouTube channel and a TikTok page.

Click here for YouTube or
Click here for Tiktok

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Preserving our History?

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The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group
Sort Code : 30-96-26
Account No: 54608968

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The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group
10 Honeysuckle Way, Sowerby, Thirsk 
North Yorkshire YO7 3SH

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