From meets I have attended, they seem to centre on a pub or (if larger) a venue with either a museum or stately home (like the Southern BKV at either Sparkford or Basingstoke Milestones Museum, or our Volvo Gathering at the Bentley house, Wildfowl display and motor museum).
Beaulieu is on Lord Montague's estate, with all its attractions including their world-famous museum. However, we have no control of anything there: we have an allocated space at their huge autojumble and must abide with their stringent setting up/health and safety/decamping rules. Therefore any or in fact all visitors are, to them, merely the public, who must pay at the gate to enter.
This unfortunately prohibits any chance of a Volvo meet on their grounds, however if anybody local can arrange a meet at a nearby pub, that would be good for a swift snack and chat before driving home after a successful purchase of all those elusive Volvo spares at the autojumble!
Paul
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