Volkswagen

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026, this is widely regarded as the UK's premier classic unmodified Volkswagen show, set around the lake of a 17th-century Leicestershire country house and drawing around 10,000 visitors.

Scrumpy Dubbers launch their freshest chapter at North Down Orchard Cider Farm near Crewkerne, where rows of blossoming apple trees frame a weekend of VW show-and-shine, live music, camping and proper Somerset cider - bizarre and wonderful in equal measure.

Now in its 16th year and billed as the most northerly VW weekend festival in England, Mighty Dub Fest spreads a full show-and-shine across the dramatic grounds of Alnwick Castle alongside three music stages and camping under medieval walls.

The most northerly VW weekend festival in England, held in front of Alnwick Castle with live music, trade stands, street food and 300 Volkswagens.

A back-to-basics VW and retro campout set across 16 acres of the Towy Valley, merging the air-cooled and retro communities with live music, a bar, and riverside camping.

A VW-focused informal meet at Stowford Farm Meadows near Ilfracombe, one of North Devon's most scenic campsite venues, drawing air-cooled Beetles, Bays, and modern VAG machines to a field backdrop on the edge of Exmoor.

The smaller, chilled-out sister to Mighty Dub Fest returns to the original VW gathering ground at Druridge Bay Country Park, pairing a lakeside VW campout and show-and-shine with a short stroll to one of Northumberland's finest beaches.

Tucked into Hedley on the Hill deep in the Northumberland countryside, this compact vanlife and VW weekend is a rare chance to park a classic bus or camper in a genuinely remote hilltop village setting far from motorway noise.

Pembrokeshire's most westerly VW gathering plants air-cooled icons in the scenic market town of Narberth for a relaxed festival that leans into the quirky beauty of Beetles and Transporters against a backdrop of Pembrokeshire hills.

Staged at Budle Bay on the wild Northumberland coast between Bamburgh Castle and Lindisfarne, this vanlife and VW camping weekend offers peaceful unspoilt beaches, a genuine back-to-nature atmosphere, and no modern distractions.

The VW air-cooled community's essential twice-yearly swap meet at Trinity Park Ipswich combines undercover and outdoor trading pitches, a Show and Shine, camping, kids' activities and a charity raffle in the kind of low-key, no-frills atmosphere the scene loves.

Volkswagen owners dress up for the festive season and convoy through the New Forest to Beaulieu in this popular Christmas event.

The Wiltshire VW Club takes over Devizes Market Place with a free public display of air-cooled and water-cooled Volkswagens, with membership sign-ups on the day.

A rapidly growing UK-wide club of over 20,000 members celebrating classic VWs through regular live events, giveaways, club stands at shows and an expanding member discount scheme.

A friendly South West regional club that keeps VW passion alive in Cornwall with regular cruises, local shows and a sociable community welcoming all models and all conditions.

Organiser of the Stanford Hall VW Show - the longest-running VW show in the UK held every May Bank Holiday since 1976 - this Midlands stalwart blends concours competition with sociable monthly meets.

Born from the 1968 London Centre of the VWOCGB and fully independent since 1988, this award-winning club of around 400 members is one of the UK's biggest and most active regional VW clubs.

The original and largest national VW club since 1953, welcoming every air-cooled and water-cooled Volkswagen under one roof with a quarterly magazine, mutual-aid network and regional social groups.