9th glorious year!
The 2025 Cheshire Candles Charity Classic Car Run is being held on Sunday 11th May 2025, in support of Wingate Centre who support children with learning difficulties.
Start: Bellis Brothers Farm Shop, Holt, Wrexham, LL13 9YU. 10:00 hrs. Site opens 08:15 for registration. Refreshments available.
Finish: At Cholmondeley Castle, Malpas, SY14 8ET by kind permission of the Marquis of Cholmondeley. Entry to the spectacular & colourful castle gardens included. Refreshments available from the garden tea room or bring your own picnic to eat in the castle grounds.
Any MG of any age plus any other make of car built before 1st January 2000 is eligible. Entry fee just £25 per car which includes Beeline electronic route guidance for download to your smart phone or SatNav, plus Tulip route book and rally plate.
Entries limited to 150 cars so early booking is encouraged to avoid disappointment.
Glorious route through North East Wales, Shropshire & Cheshire on roads less travelled.
Prize for car of the show, and runner-up. Raffle prizes galore!
We look forward to you joining us for the day.
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The Cheshire Candles Charity Run 2024 - 8th fantastic year!
Photographs are now available from the event held in 2024. We thank our photographers, Steve Brace, Neil Shirley and Mike Haughton. Please feel free to download any photographs that you wish to use:
2024.05.12 - Candles Run - Steve Brace - Photos of cars arriving at the start, cars on Holt to Rossett Road, cars on Llantysilio Mountain Road.
2024.05.12 - Candles Run - Neil Shirley - Photos of start, cars being flagged off, cars driving through Llandrillo.
2024.05.12 - Candles Run - Mike Haughton - Cars at start, Cars on Denbigh Moor road.
The Cheshire Candles Car Charity Run, which is organised by West Cheshire MG Owners’ Club, hit its 8th year in 2024. This year’s event was held on Sunday 12th May 2024 and started at Bellis Brothers Farm Shop, Holt, Wrexham. After a stunning run through the Welsh local countryside the event finished at Glyndyfrdwy Railway Station, Corwen, in the picturesque Dee Valley. The weather turned out to be a fine day and participants were given the opportunity to take a ride on the historic Llangollen to Corwen heritage railway.
All proceeds raised from the 2024 event was donated to the Motor Neurone Disease (Cheshire Branch), registered charity number 294354.
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The Cheshire Candles Charity Run - 7th May 2023
Photographs are now available from the event held in 2023. We thank our photographers, Steve Brace, Neil Shirley and Mike Haughton. Please feel free to download any photographs that you wish to use:
Steve Brace - Start photos, Cars on route and finish
The Cheshire Candles Car Charity Run, which is organised by West Cheshire MG Owners’ Club, hit its 7th year in 2023. This year’s event was held on Sunday 7th May 2023 and started at Bellis Brothers Farm Shop, Holt, Wrexham. After a run through local countryside the event finished at the British Ironwork Centre, Oswestry.
We again supported two local charities, these being Hope House and Nicola’s Fund. Both are local charities that provide help and support for terminally ill Children.
The event proved to be another success, thanks to the good weather, and the coronation theme went down well. We thank all those who supported the event and look forward to seeing you again next year.
Story of the Cheshire Candles Charity Run, its name and its logo
The first Cheshire Candles Charity Run took place in May 2015, starting at Chester Castle with the Town Crier and Lord Mayor in attendance, visiting Ellesmere Lake and the Cheshire Candle Workshops before finishing at the Bhurtpore Inn, Aston, near Nantwich. 85 cars took part and it raised £2250 for the charity - Chester Aid to the Homeless. Subsequently we were asked “when will the next Candles Run be held?” This led to the adoption of the name you see today.
Additionally, that Charity used an orange logo in the shape of a pitched roof, which was incorporated into an orange octagon, leading to the Candles Run logo we still use now. Since then, the event has been held every year except 2020, attracting around 150 classic cars of all marques and during that time we have supported the following charities and raised over £25,000 – which includes two late season static shows at Chester Lakes near Balderton in aid of the Cheshire Fire Fighters charity. The charities we support are nominated by West Cheshire MGOC members.
2016: Sarcoma UK and Nightingale Hospice (Wrexham).
2017: Stroke Association Cheshire and Northwest Air Ambulance.
2018: Guide dogs training centre Cheshire and the Clwyd Special Riding Centre
2019: The MS Society Cheshire and Northern Lights Children’s charity
2020: Cancelled, but participant fees went to Brian Injury recovery & development and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
2021: Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Backford.
All the money we raise from entry fees and the raffle go to our charities; the funds we need to run the event (about £1000) is raised from our sponsors, many of whom have been supporting us since 2015. Without their generous support the event could not raise the sums it does for the nominated charities. We have also enjoyed the support of the various locations used to start, rest midway and finish our runs. Again, their support is generous and unstinting (and free of charge!). We always welcome organisations and individuals willing to support our efforts, including our own members who so graciously provide most of the raffle prizes, some of the sponsorship and provide the small army of volunteers needed to manage the Runs as well.