Reeve Burgess

Reeve Burgess was a bus body manufacturer based in Pilsley, North East Derbyshire in the United Kingdom.

[1] The original company known as Harry Reeve was founded in Bridge Street, Pilsley, Derbyshire in 1888, initially carrying out work as the local wheelwright and blacksmith.

In 1980 the company became part of the Plaxtons Group p.l.c., the leading United Kingdom producers of large luxury coaches based in Scarborough.

The highly successful Beaver range of minibuses was developed during the 1980s, with hundreds produced seating from 21 to 33 passengers on three different chassis, Mercedes 609/709, Dodge 50 and the Iveco Daily.

Towards the final years Reeve Burgess developed an aluminium framed bus that went on to be built by Plaxtons as the Pointer on Dennis Dart chassis.

This process resulted in some Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointers receiving both Plaxton and Reeve Burgess body numbers, in a similar manner to some Northern Counties vehicles.