It’s time to start planning for an already busy-looking 2026 on the classic scene

We’ve seen thousands of your classics at events across the UK this year. These are the ones that really stood out for us – is your car on the list?

1 January 2026 Brooklands New Year’s Day Classic Gathering The UK’s biggest New Year’s Day gathering, featuring hundreds of classics, music and good grub. brooklandsmuseum.com 1 January Vintage Stony

They call it ‘MCL’, but for most of us it will forever be the NEC Show – and this year’s event included plenty of classics that stole the spotlight from all the new machinery

Classic Bike, Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, Cambs, PE2 6EA

Modern classics aficionado Jim Moore explains why a ’90s legend make sense as a second bike