From Hero to Zero2

Saturday 9th May 2026 It’s not often a new bus museum opens up; especially one containing a fleet of over 60 buses belonging to one family. I featured the wonderful family established Delaine Bus Museum based in Bourne, Lincolnshire in a blog last year, but now Britain’s heritage bus scene has an even bigger attraction to marvel at thanks to the legend that is Peter Newman and his family. We all knew Peter, Ross and Steve’s dedication to the industry meant having sold Ensignbus to First Bus in March 2023 they were not the kind of people to slip into a quiet retired life. And sure enough they’ve been ultra busy behind the scenes with not only Ross and Steve’s amazing regular humanitarian aid trips to Ukraine but Dad, Peter, has been spearheading the truly wonderful project that is the Zero2 Bus Museum which recently opened its doors in the Essex village of Great Yeldham for everyone to visit and enjoy. I had the pleasure of making a visit earlier this week, on Bank Holiday Monday, to…