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The HHVS is an all-make club that caters for enthusiasts of Veteran, Vintage and Classic vehicles who live in Hatfield and the Home Counties that has around 50 members. However, it is not a requirement to own one such vehicle; all you need is to share our passion for them.

We cover a wide spectrum of vehicles, with our youngest car being 15 years old and the oldest being 60.

The HHVS was formed in 2003 and one of its main aims is to organize events for club members to showcase their vehicles and share them with other classic car fans.

The Club holds monthly meetings the first Thursday of every month (except August) in the Hatfield Social Club, as well as an Annual General Meeting in January.

Our biggest event is the HHVS Rally, which takes place the first Sunday of June every year in Hatfield. It is as much a family fun day as it is a classic car display. We have stalls, arena events, trophies and donate a large part of the profits to the charity Help for Heroes. It is also our policy to involve the youth of today in preserving our vehicles heritage for the future.

Amongst other activities, we produce a monthly newsletter for Club members, the Oil Can News. This newsletter is also available online through the link on the homepage. The HHVS also has discount schemes available to club members.

Hatfield is a medium-to-small town in Hertfordshire, rich in history and heritage.

One of the reasons why Hatfield is famous is its aircraft history. In 1930, de Havilland opened his airfield and aircraft factory. It started producing small biplanes previous to the war, to then move into fighter planes. The ‘Wooden Wonder’, the Mosquito, is one of the most well-known fighters designed and produced by de Havilland. Later, other famous airplanes followed, like the Vampire, the Trident or the Comet (both the race plane DH.88 Comet and the airliner, the DH.106 Comet, which was the first commercial jet airliner to reach production), which gives its name to a local hotel. Such is the relevance of de Havilland that one of the campuses of the University of Hertfordshire is not only named after him, but situated where part of the aircraft factory grounds were.