Festive events guide
20 shows to go between now and the New Year
DECEMBER Sunday Vintage Vehicle 15 Sports Meet Classics Market Harborough Showground, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7QB. 9am-4pm. ■ 01858 469903, 07968 096387, search Harborough classic cars and bikes on Facebook Blokes Shopping Day and Christmas Classic Car Meet Melton Mowbray town centre, Leicestershire LE12 0TR. 10am-4pm. Free to attend. ■ 07954 817505, melton.gov.uk Christmas Classic Car Meet Chepstow Racecourse, Monmouthshire NP16 6BE. No booking needed, just turn up at gate 5. 10am-2pm. £2 per vehicle. Wednesday 18 Trent Valley Mini Owners’ Club Christmas Buffet The Gamekeeper, 40 High St, Scotter, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 3TW. All classic vehicles welcome, as well as all types of Mini. From 7.30pm. ■ Mike James 07889 443920 Sunday 22 The Barn Brewery and Restaurant Classic Car Meet The Barn Restaurant and Bar, Coalpit Lane, Willey, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 0SL. Vintage, post-vintage, classic car, bike and commercial meet. From 11.30am. ■ Tony 0116 273 5978 or Martin 01455 554624 or 07748 594567 Thursday 26 High Easter Vintage, Classic and Supercar meet Lodge Coaches, The Garage, High Easter, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 4QR. Trade stands welcome by prior arrangement, plenty of parking, refreshments available. 10am-2pm. ■ 01245 231262 Benington Classics The Lordship Arms, Whempstead Road, Benington, Hertfordshire, SG2 7BX. Noon onwards. Free. No booking needed. ■ 01438 869665, lordshiparms.com Lakeland Classic Drive and Ride In Day Lakeland Motor Museum, Cumbria LA12 8TA. All day. Usual museum admission prices. ■ lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk Abingdon Works Centre Boxing Day Run Abingdon Market Square, Oxfordshire OX14 3HA. 10am. ■ mgabingdon.org.uk Sunday 29 Huddersfield Autojumble Xmas Do Market Building, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD11 1RG. 10am start. More than 130 stalls. ■ 01733 819154, 07795 505388, phoenixfairs.jimdo.com Enfield New Year Autojumble Whitewebbs Museum, Enfield, London EN2 9HW. Admission £5, stalls from £15. 9am-2pm. ■ whitewebbsmuseum.co.uk Classic Cars at the Carpenters Dale Abbey, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 4PP. 10am-2pm. ■ 0115 932 5277 JANUARY Wednesday 1 New Year’s Day Meet Haselbury Mill, Crewkerne, Somerset TA18 7NY. Pre-1985 classics. No need to book. £2. 10am-2pm. ■ yeovilcarclub.com New Year’s Day Run Sturminster, Newton, Dorset DT10 1BD. ■ 01305 781337 Midlands and Yorkshire Classic Car Club Meet The Black Swan, Main Street, Brandesburton, East Yorkshire YO25 8RG. All classics welcome. 11.30am-2.30pm. Free. ■ Dean 07706 924992, midsandyorksccc@aol.com Brooklands New Year’s Day Gathering Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QN. ■ brooklandsmuseum.com Ace Cafe Hangover Meet Ace Corner, N Circular Road, London NW10 7UD. 10am-5pm. ■ ace-cafe-london.com