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Veteran car run to take a swerve past road affected by closures
Organisers of the 2025 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run have altered the route through central Croydon when the event takes place early on the morning of Sunday November 2. The 400-or-so road-worthy museum pieces taking part in this annual … Continue reading
Stafford Road in Wallington to be closed for gas mains works
Parts of the A232 Stafford Road are to be closed for two weeks for gas mains replacement works, starting at the end of this month. This is the third set of road closures for the area on or around the … Continue reading
Gas works to close South Croydon main roads for three weeks
Southbridge Road, the busy A236 which links the Croydon Flyover to South End and Bramley Hill, is to be closed to traffic for almost three weeks in November for gas mains works. Aberdeen Road, which runs from St Peter’s Road … Continue reading
Catch an early glimpse of rally’s veteran cars on Pall Mall
It’s the annual London to Brighton veteran car rally this Sunday morning, when more than 100 old bangers set off from Hyde Park heading for the coast at Brighton, passing through Streatham, Norbury and Thornton Heath, trundling under the Croydon … Continue reading
Bless you! Veteran cars to get a very warm welcome in Purley
The veteran cars and other vehicles taking part in the London to Brighton run tomorrow morning will receive an especially warm welcome when they get to Purley. Christ Church Purley, on the Brighton Road, will be blessing the people on … Continue reading
Waddon community comes together to enjoy veteran car run
A crowd of more than 50 people gathered by a road junction outside St Andrew’s Church on Southbridge Road over the course of Sunday morning, lured by the prospect of hot sausage rolls and the chance to view some historic … Continue reading
Veteran Car Run free community event, Southbridge Rd, Nov 7
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Veteran cars are back on the road for 125th run on Nov 7
Hundreds of veteran cars are gearing up for this year’s very special commemorative pilgrimage from capital to coast, via Croydon. Close to 300 pioneering veteran cars dating back to the dawn of motoring have entered this year’s very special staging … Continue reading
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Covid restrictions force RAC to cancel Veteran Car Run
The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run has been cancelled due to coronavirus. It is the first time that the rally has had to be cancelled since World War II. The rally, which features around 300 museum-piece vehicles, most of … Continue reading
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More than 400 veteran cars heading for Croydon this Sunday
The clocks went back by an hour on Sunday, but this weekend they will be going back more than 125 years as hundreds of veteran cars set off from London on their annual pilgrimage to Brighton, and all of them … Continue reading
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400 veteran cars heading this way for their annual rally
As tradition dictates, at day break on the first Sunday in November, more than 400 remarkable horseless carriages dating back to the dawn of motoring will set out from Hyde Park on their annual pilgrimage to Brighton on the Sussex … Continue reading
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PICTURE SPECIAL: Veteran Car Run returns to Croydon
After a two-year diversion (roadworks on the A23 at Brixton Hill, as it happens), the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run chugged and puffed its way through Croydon once again yesterday morning, with hundreds of vintage vehicles having their annual … Continue reading
Yasmin Le Bon revs up a supermodel for the Veteran Car Run
From Norbury through Thornton Heath, under the Flyover and down through South Croydon into Purley and on to Coulsdon, the Veteran Car Run returns to Croydon’s roads this Sunday after a two-year absence, with celebs and vintage vehicles dazzling in … Continue reading
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Veteran Car Run to return to the streets of Croydon in 2018
The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run will return to the roads of Croydon on November 4, but this time with the highly polished old bangers pootling down a street near you from two separate directions. Last autumn the car … Continue reading
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Veteran Car Run picture special: from south London to the sea
As a crisp and chilly London was still covered by darkness, nearly 400 pioneering veteran cars, their intrepid drivers and plucky passengers gathered in Hyde Park waiting for daybreak to signal the start of the annual London to Brighton Run. … Continue reading
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From Norbury to Coulsdon, Veteran Car Run on your doorstep
One of the great celebrations of eccentric British life will be pottering through Croydon early tomorrow morning. More than 400 veteran cars, their drivers and passengers – many in period costume – will have set off from Hyde Park at … Continue reading
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Tagged Coulsdon, London to Brighton Veteran Car Rally, Norbury, Purley, South Croydon, Thornton Heath
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Photofile: 2015 Veteran Car Run in Thornton Heath
LEE TOWNSEND, of the Croydon Photography Forum, was up at the crack of a sparrow’s fart today to capture the Edwardian splendour of the annual Veteran’s Car Run as it processed through Thornton Heath
Veteran car drivers won’t be stopping for a Croydon cuppa
As celebrities, such as Chris Evans, the new presenter of Top Gear, sports stars and minor royals get themselves ready for tomorrow’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Rally, Inside Croydon has heard from one disgruntled south London trader who has … Continue reading
Picture prizes on offer for spectators at Veteran Car Run
There’s a prize on offer to spectators lining the route for the best pictures shared on Twitter and Instagram that capture this Sunday’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, as it pootles its way from Hyde Park, through the length … Continue reading
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