The Loxley Collection 500 UK Roman Road Classic Vehicle Tour is a new classic car tour, in association with Classic Car Magazine, running from Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire to Mullion in Cornwall, following significant sections of famous Roman roads, including Ermine Street and nearly the full length of the Fosse Way.
The 2026 Tour
Friday 2nd October : Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire – entrants and their passengers meet at Hotel Victoria in Robin Hood’s Bay, where on-site or adjacent car parking will be reserved, ‘checking in’ to the Hotel from 3pm. There will be a set three course menu for dinner with several menu choices, as well as complimentary live music entertainment in the Loxley Pub or Osborne’s Restaurant and Lounge. Dinner, bed and breakfast rates will be available.
Saturday Morning 3rd October – vehicles to leave Hotel Victoria by 11am to drive south to the Humber Bridge and onto the White Hart Hotel in Lincoln’s historic Bailgate (c100 miles), with a view to ‘checking in’ from 3pm onwards and where on-site car parking will be reserved. The route will be across the North Yorkshire Moors to Pickering and then through to Malton, heading to the Humber Bridge via the A165 and then onto the A15, this route being predominantly Ermine Street, a significant Roman road that runs immediately to the front door of the White Hart Hotel in Bailgate, through the iconic Newport Roman Archway.
Saturday Afternoon and Evening 3rd October – at 4pm there will be an iconic photo opportunity for each vehicle in Lincoln’s Historic Castle Hill Square between the Cathedral and Castle (with all vehicles parked up for what will likely be 60 minutes). A collection of these professional photographs will likely appear in Classic Car Magazine. There will be an opportunity to visit the adjacent spectacular Lincoln Cathedral (first built 1072) and/or Lincoln Castle (first built 1068), with the longest continuous Castle Wall Walk in Europe, as well as displaying an original Magna Carta and Treaty of the Forest from the 13th Century. At 7pm there will be a set three course dinner in the hotel’s King Richard Room, followed by complimentary live music from the fabulous ‘Bad Habit’ Band in the Royal Courtyard function suite. Dinner, bed and breakfast rates will be available.
Sunday Morning 4th October – vehicles leave the St Paul’s Lane carparks at the White Hart Hotel by 9.30am, heading west to the A46 Newark (Fosse Way) for the drive south to Moreton-in-Marsh within the Cotswolds (c111 miles) and with a view to checking in to The Redesdale Arms Hotel (and other nominated Hotels according to demand) from 3pm. This will predominantly be the route of the Fosse Way Roman road, all the way around/through Leicester, Coventry and Warwick, directly into the Market Place on the Fosse Way at Moreton-in-Marsh.
Subject to agreement with the Local Highway Authority, all vehicles to leave via Bailgate, driving south past the White Hart Hotel and into Castle Hill Square (from the on-site car park via Westgate and Chapel Lane), within which there will be an iconic photo opportunity for each vehicle (ideally with all vehicles parked for up to 10 minutes, or as they are slowly processing through the Square). A collection of these professional photographs will likely appear in Classic Car Magazine.
Sunday Afternoon and Evening 4th October – there will be an opportunity to visit various local attractions in this beautiful Cotswolds market town, browsing local shops and socializing in the many high quality cafes and bars. At 7pm there will be a set three course dinner at The Redesdale Arms Hotel. Pricing details for the accommodation and evening meal to shortly be confirmed.
Monday 5th October – vehicles leave Moreton-in-Marsh by 11am to drive south along the Fosse Way Roman Road to The Hollies Hotel at Martock near Ilchester (c120 miles), avoiding the M5 en route and passing through/around major Roman settlements such as Cirencester and Bath, then ultimately on to Martock (just off the A303 Roman Road). Rooms should be available for check in from 3pm and at 7pm there will be a three course set menu dinner. Dinner, bed and breakfast will be available and pricing shortly to be confirmed.
Tuesday 6th October – vehicles leave Martock at 10am to drive south to Hotel Polurrian in Mullion (c155 miles), with a view to checking into from around 4pm or potentially earlier. There is the option of staying at Hotel Polurrian for one, two or three nights through to Friday morning 9th October, with pricing for the second night’s stopover discounted by 10% and for the third night’s stopover by 20%, each discounted from the bed and breakfast rates quoted.
Dinner, bed and breakfast rates will be available for the first night. For each of the second and third nights booked in advance, discounted bed and breakfast rates will be available (10% off for the second night and 20% off for the third night). Meals to be billed as taken or dinner, bed and breakfast rates are available on request.
Wednesday Afternoon 7th October – subject to Local Highway Authority approval, there will be the opportunity to join a procession of classic vehicles on a local ‘sight seeing’ road trip of approximately 20 miles in total, passing through stunning locations such as Mullion Cove, Cadgwith Cove, Lizard Village/Point and Poldhu Cove. Alternatively, the time is yours to explore Cornwall at your leisure.
Thursday Evening 8th October – there will be complimentary live music in the Vista Lounge at the Hotel Polurrian. All participants will also have the opportunity to stopover for one or more nights for the weekend in Cornwall if they wish and/or to travel back home before the start of the next week.
The whole trip from Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire to Mullion in Cornwall is c470/480 miles, so hence the name of ‘The Loxley Collection 500 UK Roman Road Classic Vehicle Tour’, traveling significant sections of famous Roman roads that include both Ermine Street and the Fosse Way. Indeed, the route will include virtually all of the c220 mile Fosse Way from the Historic Heart of the Roman City of Lincoln through to North Devon. Whilst the preference would be for all entrants to travel the whole c470/480 miles and stop at all five overnight locations, consideration can be given to appropriate flexibility for entrants only joining for part of the tour and/or also choosing additional stopping over locations if they particularly wish to.
Subject to overall parking demand, car trailers and additional vehicles are welcome, but must be booked at least four weeks in advance of arrival. No entry fee is payable, but all participants are encouraged to raise money for their chosen charity and assistance for the appropriate publicity can be provided where reasonably required.
To register your interest, to book or for more details, please complete the form below.
We’re genuinely so excited at the possibility to have you join us. The event is open to all classic car enthusiasts, with vehicles that are at least 50 years of age (pre 1976), but special dispensation can be agreed for sports car and other interesting vehicles that are at least 25 years of age. It is anticipated that the majority of classic cars participating will be from the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s, but older vehicles are greatly welcomed too. If your vehicle is less than 50 years of age, but you’d love to be considered to join this experience, please do go ahead and register your interest, as all registration enquiries will be considered at the discretion of the organisers – Loxley Collection (TSP Group) Limited.