Truro Classic Car Show to take place across the city centre next month
Truro BID will be bringing the popular Truro Classic Car Show back to the city on Sunday 2nd August from 10.30am until 3.30pm.
The Classic Car Show offers car lovers a rare chance to see cherished classic and vintage cars, from the early 20th century to the 2020s, displayed on a hard surface across a city centre. Vehicles will be showcased across Truro, including on: Lemon Quay, Lemon Street, Boscawen Street, St Nicholas St and Pydar St, plus new for this year vehicles on River Street. Much-loved classic brands such as Morris, Jaguar, Mercedes, Triumph, Porsche, MG, Ford, and many others will be on display.
As well as experiencing the city brimming with cherished cars, visitors will be able to browse automobilia and autojumbles stalls and enjoy live music.
There will also be a small selection of new cars on display at the event, from local dealers including: Vospers, Hawkins Motor Group, Vertu Honda Truro and P Perryman & Sons Commercial Vehicles.
To make travelling to the Truro Classic Car Show easier, Truro Park and Ride will again run a special Sunday shuttle bus from the Tregurra site, by Waitrose, to the city centre and then back to Tregurra.
Buses will run every 15 minutes between Tregurra Park and Ride and Quay Street and the journey will take around six minutes. The service will start from Tregurra at 09:30 and the last bus from the city back to Tregurra will leave Quay Street at 16:30.
Day tickets, for the Truro Park and Ride Shuttle including Family Day Tickets, are available via the Transport for Cornwall App, legacy First Bus App or from the driver. Multi-day tickets and PLUSBUS tickets are also valid. Please note that the Park and Ride at Langarth will not be open on this date.
Tregurra Park and Ride is running the shuttle service due to between Truro BID and Cornwall Council. The Truro Classic Car Show is being brought to the city by Truro BID, sponsored by Coodes Solicitors and Macmillan Cancer Support will be fundraising on the day.
Alun Jones, Truro BID Manager, said “We’re looking forward to hosting the fourth Truro Classic Car Show and transforming the city centre into a must-visit destination. We’re pleased to be growing the event, with more vintage vehicles on display across Truro. After the success of last year, we’re delighted that the Park and Ride service will again operate a shuttle service from Tregurra. It promises to be a great day for both car enthusiasts and families, while also helping to increase footfall and benefit many of our local, resident businesses.”
Coodes Solicitors Chair, Elise Alma, said: “This promises to be a great day out for classic car enthusiasts and families from across Cornwall and Coodes is delighted to be sponsoring this event once again. It will also be raising money for a very important cause, and we hope it attracts a lot of people to the city centre.”
Leanne Thomas, Relationship Fundraising Manager- South West from Macmillan Cancer Support added: “We’re proud and excited to be returning to the Truro Classic Car Show this year. Each year, we’re truly touched by the kindness, generosity and support shown to Macmillan Cancer Support by everyone who attends, and we can’t wait to see you all again. Please come and say hello to our wonderful volunteers at our stand, where you’ll find cancer support information, tombola’s and more. We’re looking forward to a fantastic event and hope to see you there!”
Taking place from 10.30am until 3.30pm on Sunday 2nd August, the Truro Classic Car Show is free to attend and to exhibit vehicles.
To keep the event pedestrian-friendly, city centre road closures will run from 6am to 6pm on Sunday 2 August. River St and Lemon St will also close to traffic from 4pm on Saturday 1 August to 6pm on Sunday 2 August to create more event space. Saturday evening road closures will be staffed by security to allow business and emergency access.
For event details see: www.visittruro.org.uk or follow @visittruro
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Notes to editors:
• Truro BID is a not-for-profit company that delivers projects, events and services for the benefits of Truro and Truro’s businesses.
• Truro is a service provided by Truro City Council; its key roles are to undertake the destination marketing of the city and drive the growth of the visitor economy.
• Go Cornwall runs the Truro Park and Ride for Cornwall Council.