A top-ranking event

Once a year Harpenden Common, that calm, sweeping tract of common land, that Jewel in the town's crown, comes alive for half a day with 1200 classic cars and other four-wheelers, plus 250 motor cycles and scooters. There you'll find a Chevy Bel Air rubbing shoulders with a 1927 Trojan, and a rare 1978 Mantra Bagheera with a '59 Berliet. Plus 10,000 admiring spectators. Little wonder Classics on the Common, already Britain's biggest mid-week classic car meeting, now ranks among the top events of the classics calendar.

Charities benefit, too

As the event is held on common land there's no entry charge for spectators but they do respond generously when approached by members of Harpenden Village Rotary Club, the event organisers, collecting for charity. More than £17,000 was raised in 2011 with the money going to St Francis Hospice, the National Children's Deaf Society, WaterAid and other deserving causes. £1,000 was also sent to the Disaster Emergency Committee's Horn of Africa appeal.

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