Stonor Park VW Show 2026 (part 1 of 4)

This week's blog review is the first of four reviews all about the VW Expo show at Stonor Park. Every year The Association of British VW Clubs organise the Stonor Park VW Expo Show. It is held in the grounds of one of England’s oldest manor houses, being built around 1190 and it has been owned by the same family of the same faith for 850+ years. The house and grounds are situated in a beautiful setting in rural Henley on Thames in Oxfordshire. The house contains a remarkable collection of Old Master Paintings, European sculptures, stained glass and contemporary ceramics, and for one day a year the grounds contain a remarkable collection of Volkswagen's, both air cooled and water cooled. The show has something for everyone including: Trade Stands & Auto jumble / Concours d’Elegance / Club Displays / Miss VW contest and a Children’s Fancy Dress (for the under 12’s). This years show was on Sunday 31st May 2026. As usual I had agreed to be part of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's line up at the show. The WBC had organised a cruise to the show, but as the meet up point for the cruise was well out of my way, I made my own way there and would hopefully meet the cruise en-route to the show.

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I didn't manage to rendezvous with the
WBC cruise so this was my view about
1/4 mile from the show ground.

What's better than following a Karmann
Ghia? 

Following two Karmann Ghia's!

Just entered the grounds of Stonor House.

The WBC cruise must have been just a
few minutes ahead of me as they were
all still waiting to get lined up in the main 
show area.

Just looking around at the early arrivals
getting ready for the show, as I wait for
directions on where to park.

Looking out of my passenger window,
busses everywhere.

Suzie is waiting patiently as we queued
up with the WBC.

My bus parked up at the end of a line
 right next to the WBC flag.

A very small selection of the WBC club
line up.

Once parked up, I took Suzie for a walk
around the trade area before the general
public arrived, and saw this random guy
taking a break in the oversize deck chair. 

Cool fire truck re-purposed as a fire truck
grill.

My mate Gary, AKA DJ Gazman was at
 the show as usual, knocking out some
banging old skool tunes all day.

A stunning Westfalia Florida LT31.

Part of the WBC line up.

The view from my bus as I have a cup
of tea.

Cool looking hot drinks bus.

WBC member Scott attended the show
in his awesome patina'd split.

It's around 10.00am and the gates are
open to the public, so it's time for a
 walk around.

Lovely pinstriping.

This freshly finished snail received a lot
of attention.

The bus was built by Simon Taylor and
has had a nut and bolt restoration with
a completely new body.

Lovely hand made interior.

It rides on air suspension as you can
clearly see in this photo.

 

Just looking across a small selection
of the show vehicles at the show.

So that was the first review of four about the Stonor Park VW Show, next week will be the second instalment where you'll be able to see plenty more quality air-cooled vehicles of all descriptions so be sure to come back next week.