Classics

A spectacle not to be missed

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.

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Charities share in £34,000 from Classics on the Common 

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.

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Classics on the Common celebrates 30 years

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.

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‘Classics’ on Video

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.

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Classics – back with a bang

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.

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