AROUND 300 entries have already been confirmed for this year’s annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
The famous RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is taking place on Sunday, November 6.
The event has huge global popularity with people travelling from as far away as North America and Hong Kong as well as from throughout Europe to take part.
Last year’s run marked the 125th anniversary of the event and crowds came out from all over Sussex to support the motorists as they came from the capital to the coast.
The Royal Automobile Club, custodian of the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, has now announced its new Summer Run will be taking place for the first time on Thursday, July 21.
Introduced as a warm-up to the main event in November, the Summer Run has been established to offer owners of these pre-1905 pioneering vehicles a more relaxed opportunity to enjoy their veteran machines in the warm weather.
As previously announced, the single-day Summer Run will start and finish at the RAC's Woodcote Park clubhouse near Epsom in Surrey.
The 38-mile route will take entrants south on the A24 towards Leatherhead and into the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty skirting Box Hill, the highest point in the North Downs.
They then head east along the A25 in the picturesque Mole Valley before heading south once again, now on more rural minor roads through the villages of Betchworth, Leigh and Charlwood towards a leisurely lunch stop at Gildings Barns set in the tranquil Surrey countryside.
The return route north starts on country lanes via Park Gate and Brockham before rejoining the A25 and A24 for an easy journey back to the exclusive seclusion of Woodcote Park.
As the first Summer Run, numbers were restricted and around 25 intrepid veteran cars will set out from Woodcote Park from 10.30am and are expected to return before 5.00pm.
Full details of the 2022 RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run – including entry forms – are available on the event website.
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