Written By Faryal Raza Bhatti, Marketing Manager, Heritage Car Insurance
Expert commentary by Mark Wilkinson, Managing Director. Heritage Car Insurance
Last updated: August 2026
London is home to 83,326 classic cars. We analysed the latest DVLA data to find the exact postcode districts where the most historic vehicles are registered, and how many are still being driven.
At Heritage Car Insurance, we’ve spent more than 60 years insuring classic and specialist vehicles, so we know how much where you live shapes classic car ownership. To map it properly, we obtained a Freedom of Information response from the DVLA covering every vehicle in its historic tax class, cars 40 years or older, and broke London down to postcode-district level.
The result is a clear ranking of the classic car hotspots across London, showing not just where the most classics are kept, but whether they’re taxed and on the road or tucked away off it.
The top spot goes to CR0 (Croydon), with 1,131 classic cars, ahead of WD3 (Rickmansworth) (1,019) and BR6 (Orpington) (750).
Which postcode has the most classic cars in London?
CR0 (Croydon) leads London with 1,131 historic vehicles. Of those, 553 are taxed and on the road and 578 are declared off the road on a SORN. The full top 20 is below.
The top 20 classic car hotspots in London
| Rank | Postcode district | Taxed | SORN | Total |
| 1 | CR0 (Croydon) | 553 | 578 | 1,131 |
| 2 | WD3 (Rickmansworth) | 583 | 436 | 1,019 |
| 3 | BR6 (Orpington) | 431 | 319 | 750 |
| 4 | BR2 (Bromley) | 435 | 298 | 733 |
| 5 | KT12 (Walton-on-Thames) | 385 | 289 | 674 |
| 6 | DA1 (Dartford) | 365 | 302 | 667 |
| 7 | KT20 (Tadworth) | 370 | 287 | 657 |
| 8 | KT15 (Addlestone) | 342 | 311 | 653 |
| 9 | E4 (Chingford) | 350 | 301 | 651 |
| 10 | KT22 (Leatherhead) | 427 | 215 | 642 |
| 11 | DA12 | 340 | 294 | 634 |
| 12 | DA13 | 356 | 275 | 631 |
| 13 | BR5 | 315 | 302 | 617 |
| 14 | EN6 | 317 | 297 | 614 |
| 15 | SE9 | 294 | 313 | 607 |
| 16 | HA4 | 336 | 270 | 606 |
| 17 | CR3 | 333 | 255 | 588 |
| 18 | WD25 | 272 | 297 | 569 |
| 19 | SW6 | 348 | 218 | 566 |
| 20 | BR1 | 327 | 232 | 559 |
Source: DVLA (FOIR13488), Heritage Car Insurance analysis. Figures combine taxed and SORN vehicles per postcode district.
Are London’s classic cars driven or stored?
Across London, 54.2% of classic cars are taxed and on the road, while 45.8% are declared off the road on a SORN. That’s a lower off-road rate than the UK average, suggesting owners here are getting good use out of their classics. Nationally, the split between taxed and SORN classics is almost exactly even, and it shifts noticeably from place to place.
