EXPERIENCE a glimpse of a slow-moving life on the open road at Hartlebury Castle, when all kinds of motor vehicles roll up to celebrate a century of road transport.

Sunday's exhibition features anything on wheels, from cars and motorbikes to tractors and bicycles.

It also goes right back to when the roads were laid and features a 1923 Marshall "S"-type steamroller, complete with a van trailer for the driver to live in.

Robin Hill, from the Worcestershire County Museum, said the growth in traffic at the start of the 20th century brought a great demand for the heavyweight rollers to compact the stone base of new roads.

"Their slow speed meant roller drivers would often take their homes with them in the form a trailer so they didn't need to return to base each evening," he added.

"This way of life went on until diesel replaced steam in the 1950s,".

The eight-ton steamroller belongs to Alan Davenport, from Cradley Heath, who restored it after it had been lying in a barn for 30 years.

The van has been in the museum's collection since the 1980s and has been rebuilt by workshop volunteers over the last three years.

It is thought to date back to the 1930s and was used by county council employees in Worcestershire.

The exhibition is open from 11am until 5pm.

Call 01299 250416 for further details.