Drive-It Day

We advise all participants to pre-book their tickets online to speed up arrivals. Tickets will be available to purchase online until 2pm on the day of the rally when admission closes. We will have the facility to take payments on the day.

Please note tickets are per person and tickets must be purchased to cover all occupants of a vehicle.

National Drive-It Day was launched in 2005 by the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs to celebrate motoring heritage. It marks the One Thousand Mile Trial, which took place in 1900 to demonstrate the potential of the newly invented motor vehicle! The event also raises funds for children’s charity NSPCC and a portion of each participant ticket will go to the charity.

Visit the Drive-It Day website to purchase your fundraising plate, with proceeds donated to the NSPCC, and to access the JustGiving link for donations.

You will not receive a pdf attachment with your confirmation email; your tickets can be downloaded by clicking the “Download e-tickets” button within your confirmation. This opens up individual tickets per person.

If your participant vehicle has broken down or you have since sold your vehicle but you would still like to visit, then you are able to pay an upgrade fee on the day of the rally in our Visitor Reception. As participant tickets are only valid if arriving in a relevant vehicle (pre 2005 vehicle, inclusive of 2005) there is an upgrade fee required, which will be the difference from your participant ticket to the advanced general admission. Please bring your participant tickets with you on the day. Parking will be in the visitor car parks. Tickets are otherwise non-refundable and non-transferable as per our Terms & Conditions of sale: Terms & Conditions | Beaulieu, New Forest

If you need to change your vehicle to another relevant vehicle, please update us with your new vehicle details by emailing us: [email protected]

Please make sure you state your booking reference and the event that you are attending.

If you no longer have a relevant vehicle, please see above FAQ.

All tickets purchased are non-transferable and non-refundable as per our Terms and Conditions of sale: Terms & Conditions | Beaulieu, New Forest

All participant tickets are per person and all persons arriving in a vehicle must be covered by a ticket or purchase a ticket on arrival.

As we capture advance vehicle information, we do ask that you make separate orders for persons attending in different vehicles where possible.

Participant tickets are only valid for use for persons arriving in a relevant display vehicle, they are not valid for arrivals on foot through the participant entrance or through visitor reception. Please ensure that if purchasing participant tickets, those covered under your booking arrive in your vehicle.

The entrance for display vehicles is a vehicle entry only, there is no entry on foot permitted.

Visitor reception opens at 10am for attraction ticket holders. Any arrivals foot with participant tickets will be directed to enter through visitor reception where upgrade prices apply.

No, once an order has been placed, we cannot add additional persons to a booking. You can place a new order for participant tickets for any guests arriving in your vehicle, please enter the same vehicle details as the original order. You will need to show multiple sets of tickets on arrival covering all persons arriving in the vehicle.

Tickets will also remain on sale online on the day of the event and additional tickets can be purchased online or on arrival until admission closes at 2pm.

All participants will have their ticket scanned on arrival. This can be printed or can be shown on a mobile phone or tablet. Please ensure you have downloaded your ticket in advance of arriving at Beaulieu in case of network connection issues on arrival.

Yes, unless stated otherwise on the website, events will take place in all weather conditions. Please see the relevant event page for the latest updates.

Arrival times are from 9.30am for Drive-It Day at Beaulieu. Please do not arrive prior to the arrival time as no facilities will be open.

Arrivals for participants are up until 2pm. Arrivals after 2pm will be directed to park in our visitor car parks and enter through visitor reception, where an upgrade fee is required per person.

Vehicles can leave at any point during the day but please note that once you leave you will not be able to re-enter the event and attraction. Your tickets do include entry into all of the Beaulieu attraction from opening at 10am until closing.

Our People’s Choice award will take place at 3pm and we recommend remaining until after this time in case you have been selected as one of the top 3 vehicles.

Please note: We do ask for vehicles not to leave during peak arrival time of participating vehicles as two entry lanes may be in operation.

Pre-2005 vehicles, inclusive of those made in the year 2005 are valid to attend Drive-It Day at Beaulieu. Vehicles can be any make, model or condition. You must be arriving in a pre-2005 vehicle in order to purchase participant tickets. you are unsure, please email us at [email protected] with your vehicle details and which event you wish to attend as a participant.

Please note: if you arrive on the day in a vehicle that does not qualify, you will be directed to park within the visitor car parks and enter as a visitor through our visitor reception, an upgrade fee will apply.

Yes, we will be taking club stand bookings for Drive-It Day at Beaulieu

Please email [email protected] with details of club name, club contact, email, telephone and number of cars expected (minimum of 10 cars per club stand). Club information is sent out to the club organiser within 2 weeks of the rally. Please note, club spaces are only reserved until 10.30am, after which the area will be used for general participant parking.

If you don’t meet the minimum number of cars for a club stand, then we recommend arriving together to ensure you are parked together. We endeavour to park cars in the order they arrive, with the exception of club stands where club vehicles are directed to their club area when arriving prior to 10.30am.

The annual Gift Aid pass is valid only through visitor reception and gives you free access to the National Motor Museum only. Should you wish to use your gift aid pass and see the rest of the attraction and the event you will need to enter through visitor reception and upgrade your visit to a full admission. If you would like to enter as a participant in a relevant marque vehicle, you will need to purchase participant tickets for each person within the vehicle. The Gift Aid annual pass is not valid as a participant entry.

The Brabazon restaurant will be open serving food and refreshments throughout the day.

You are very welcome to bring your own picnic to enjoy during your visit. A number of picnic benches will be dotted around for your use, or you can bring a picnic blanket and find a shady spot to relax. We ask that you do not use any form of BBQ and dispose of your rubbish in a bin.

Although dogs are very welcome at Beaulieu within the grounds and gardens, we would like to make you aware that events involve vehicle moment of arrivals and departures throughout the day.

Dogs must always be kept under control and on a lead.

Yes, your ticket includes entry to the Beaulieu attraction.

The majority of our parking for participant vehicles is on grass within the Beaulieu attraction. There is limited hard standing space available, and we cannot guarantee where you will be parked on the day.

Drive-It Day at Beaulieu does have a capacity limit in place and we cannot guarantee that space will be available on the day. We do suggest that you pre-book your ticket online in advance to help speed up your arrival.

You can benefit by purchasing our Early Bird participant tickets which are on sale until 28th February 2027 at 11.59pm. Please use code DRIVEEB27 for the earlybird discount in the voucher code section at checkout.

After our Early Bird tickets finish, advanced tickets will be available to purchase. These will change to the standard ticket price on 9th April 2027 at 11.59pm. Please visit the specific event pages for more information.

Tickets go off sale at 2pm on the day of the rally, when participant admission closes.

Yes, passes are valid for entry as participants. Members can show passes on arrival on the day, or tickets can be requested in advance by emailing [email protected] or via phone 01590 614614 where they will be emailed out to you.

Please make sure you also bring your membership card with you on the day with your tickets.

The usual allowance of tickets applies to NMMT passes.

Yes, passes are valid for entry as participants. Members can show passes on arrival on the day, or tickets can be requested in advance by emailing [email protected] or via phone 01590 614614 where they will be emailed out to you.

Please make sure you also bring your membership card with you on the day with your tickets.

The usual allowance of tickets applies to B100 passes.

We will have our toilets open for visitors, one beneath the Brabazon Restaurant and the other near to the Abbey Domus.

If Drive-It Day at Beaulieu cannot go ahead, we will contact all ticket holders to let them know and advise on the next steps we will take with their booking.