Wednesday 23rd July 2025 is the day Harpenden Common will come alive with 1000 classic cars, motorbikes and scooters for the 31st annual CLASSICS ON THE COMMON, organised by ROTARY IN HARPENDEN.
Entry is FREE for spectators but visitors to the show give generously to the bucket collections in aid of charity. More than £30,000 is raised regularly for national, local and children’s charities.
The show runs from 11.30am till dusk.
It’s a spectacle not to be missed.
The three charities nominated to be the chief beneficiaries of the £34,000 raised by last July’s Classics on the Common show, organised by Rotary in Harpenden, were presented with cheques at a dinner at Aldwickbury Park Golf Club.
The charities were Hope and Homes for Children, Motor Neurone Disease Association of Hertfordshire and Youth Talk.
Harpenden Common was the place to be on 24th July, as thousands of the town’s residents and visitors could testify.
They were there to marvel at the 900 gleaming classic cars, motorbikes and scooters gathered for the 30th Classics on the Common, the 15th staged by Rotary in Harpenden.
Three charities nominated to share in the £34,000 raised by last July’s Classics on the Common show, organised by Rotary in Harpenden, were presented with cheques at a dinner at Aldwickbury Park Golf Club.
Once again Classics on the Common, Rotary in Harpenden’s flagship event, drew crowds in their thousands to Harpenden Common to roam about a splendid collection of classic cars, motorbikes and scooters. This year we also introduced a novelty.
Back to our normal slot at the end of July, the 28th Classics on the Common, organised by Rotary in Harpenden, drew crowds in their thousands to see a spectacular array of more than 1000 classic cars, scooters and motorbikes, including the largest vehicle we’ve ever had.
Treat yourself to a fascinating 13 minutes watching hundreds of yesteryear’s classic vehicles – cars, motorbikes, and scooters – assemble on Harpenden Common for the annual Classics on the Common show.
Back in its usual late July slot, Classics on the Common, organised by Rotary in Harpenden, will be delighting the public with its 28th show on Wednesday, 27 July.
Representatives of the three charities chosen by Rotary in Harpenden members to be the main beneficiaries of the funds raised by last September’s Classics on the Common receive their cheques from Rotary in Harpenden President Richard Young and Classics Event Manager Liz Jack.
It could have been late July, Classics on the Common’s traditional showtime. Instead, owing to Covid, it was late September.
But you wouldn’t have known it. Gleaming classic cars in their hundreds, enthusiastic spectators in their thousands – just as it always is.
Even the weather joined the masquerade, serving up July-like sunshine.