UK Truck, Steam & Tractor Show Calendar 2026/27

Selected dates, 1 Jun – 23 Oct The Jacobite Steam Train 2026 Season Railways Adults £76 Highland

Selected dates, 22 Aug – 11 Oct Day Out With Thomas at Whistlestop Valley Railways West Yorkshire

Selected dates, 25 Aug – 6 Dec Guildford Model Engineering Society Autumn Open Days Models Free entry Surrey

Selected dates, 30 Aug – 25 Oct Ashton Court Railway Public Running Days (Autumn) Models From £1.75 Bristol

Selected dates, 4 Sep – 3 Jan 2027 Illuminations Tours by Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours Trams Lancashire

Selected dates, 12 Sep – 10 Oct Final Pumping Days of 2026 at Claverton Pumping Station Canals Adults £10 Somerset

Selected dates, 20 Sep – 18 Oct Barton House Railway Open Days (September and October) Models Adults £5 Norfolk

Selected dates, 20 Sep – 15 Nov Pinewood Miniature Railway Open Days (Autumn) Models From £1.50 Berkshire

Tue 29 Sep – Thu 1 Oct No-Dig Live 2026 Plant Free Warwickshire

Tue 29 Sep – Thu 1 Oct UK Construction Week Birmingham 2026 Plant Free entry West Midlands

Wed 30 Sep Cheshire Ploughing & Hedgecutting Match 2026 Ploughing Cheshire

Wed 30 Sep East Kent Ploughing Match 2026 Ploughing From £10 Kent

Wed 30 Sep Mendip Ploughing Match 2026 Ploughing Somerset

Thu 1 – Sun 4 Oct Great Central Railway Autumn Steam Gala Railways From £39 Leicestershire

Thu 1 – Sun 4 Oct Autumn Diesel Bash at the Severn Valley Railway Railways Adults £25 Worcestershire

Fri 2 – Sun 4 Oct Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala Railways Adults £37 Hampshire

Fri 2 – Sun 4 Oct Victorian Weekend at the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Railways Adults £55 Gwynedd

Sat 3 – Sun 4 Oct Truckfest Original 2026 Trucks Nottinghamshire

Sat 3 Oct Sussex County Ploughing Match 2026 Ploughing East Sussex

Sat 3 Oct Cruckton Ploughing & Hedging Match 2026 Ploughing Adults £8 Shropshire

Selected dates, 3 Oct – 4 Oct Day Out With Thomas at East Lancashire Railway Railways Adults £24.97 Greater Manchester

Sat 3 – Sun 4 Oct Banbury Canal Festival Canals Free Oxfordshire

Sat 3 – Sun 4 Oct HNBC Gathering at the Black Country Living Museum Canals Museum admission West Midlands

Sat 3 – Sun 4 Oct Bridgeton Bus Fest Buses Adults £8 Glasgow

Sat 3 Oct Classic Vehicles Day at Ipswich Transport Museum Buses Adults £14 Suffolk

Sun 4 Oct Henley Show Ploughing Match 2026 Ploughing Oxfordshire

Sun 4 Oct Reading Buses 125th Anniversary Heritage Display Buses Free Berkshire

Sun 4 Oct Autumn Running Day and 40 Years of Deregulation at Wythall Buses Adults £12 Worcestershire

Wed 7 Oct Brailsford Ploughing & Hedgecutting Match 2026 Ploughing From £15 Derbyshire

Fri 9 – Sun 11 Oct Steam, Steel, Road & Rails Gala at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Railways West Lothian

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct 75th British National Ploughing Championships & Country Festival Ploughing Adults £20 Warwickshire

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct Mixed Traction Extravaganza at the GWSR Railways Gloucestershire

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct Wightrider Weekend Buses Free Isle of Wight

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct Warley at Statfold Model Railway Show 2026 Models Adults £18.95 Staffordshire

Sun 11 Oct 20th Yorkshire Dales Running Day Buses North Yorkshire

Wed 14 Oct Legendary Journey with Flying Scotsman: Coleshill Parkway to York Railways From £119 Warwickshire

Thu 15 – Sun 18 Oct Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2026 Models Adults £14 Warwickshire

Fri 16 – Sun 18 Oct Giants of Steam at the Bluebell Railway Railways East Sussex

Fri 16 – Sun 18 Oct East Lancashire Railway Autumn Steam Gala Railways Adults £19.50 Greater Manchester

Fri 16 – Sat 17 Oct Cambridge Vintage Sale, October 2026 Auctions Cambridgeshire

Sat 17 Oct Newbury & District Ploughing Match 2026 Ploughing Berkshire

Selected dates, 17 Oct – 18 Oct Day Out With Thomas at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Railways Adults £20.90 Buckinghamshire

Sat 17 – Sun 18 Oct The 1940s Steam Event at Papplewick Pumping Station Canals Adults £13.50 Nottinghamshire

Sat 17 – Sun 18 Oct Heritage Railcar Gala at the Llangollen Railway Railways Adults £36 Denbighshire

Sat 17 – Sun 18 Oct Legendary Journeys with Flying Scotsman from Didcot Railways From £99 Oxfordshire

Sun 18 Oct Barton upon Humber & District Ploughing Match 2026 Ploughing Lincolnshire

Selected dates, 18 Oct – 1 Nov Mad Alice's Ghost Train at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Railways Adults £40 North Yorkshire

Sun 18 Oct TransportFest 2026 Buses Adults £21 Surrey

Sun 18 Oct Autumn Leaves Running Day at Aldridge Transport Museum Buses West Midlands

Sun 18 Oct Isle of Axholme Running Day, Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft Trams Lincolnshire

Fri 23 – Sat 24 Oct 62nd Scottish Ploughing Championships Ploughing Midlothian

Fri 23 Oct – Sun 1 Nov Flying Scotsman at the Swanage Railway Railways From £3 Dorset

Sat 24 – Sun 25 Oct North Norfolk Railway Autumn Steam Gala Railways Adults £23.80 Norfolk

Sat 24 Oct Delaine Mini Heritage and Twilight Running Day Buses Adults £2.50 Lincolnshire

Sun 25 Oct NWMoRT Autumn Heritage Bus Running Day and Transport Fair Buses Merseyside

Sun 25 Oct Twilight Running Day at Wythall Buses Adults £12 Worcestershire

Sun 25 Oct Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society Special Open Day Buses Free Lincolnshire

Sun 25 Oct Bristol Vintage Bus Group Autumn Mini Running Day Buses Free entry South Gloucestershire

Mon 26 – Fri 30 Oct Halloween Fun at Crich Tramway Village Trams Adults £24 Derbyshire

Selected dates, 27 Oct – 29 Oct Day Out With Thomas at East Somerset Railway Railways Adults £20.90 Somerset

Wed 28 – Sat 31 Oct Frights at the Museum, East Anglia Transport Museum Trams Adults £12 Suffolk

Thu 29 – Sat 31 Oct Ghost Trains at the Severn Valley Railway Railways From £53 Worcestershire

Fri 30 Oct – Sun 1 Nov Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Autumn Steam Gala Railways Adults £27 Oxfordshire

Fri 30 – Sat 31 Oct Halloween at Standedge Tunnel Canals West Yorkshire

Sat 31 Oct – Sun 1 Nov Trucks & Fireworks, British Truck Racing Championship Finale 2026 Trucks Kent

Sat 31 Oct Halloween Boat at Llangollen Wharf Canals Adults £34.95 Denbighshire

Sat 31 Oct The Scare Train at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Railways From £35 West Yorkshire

Sun 1 Nov Twilight Trolleyday at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft Trams Adults £12 Lincolnshire

Sun 1 Nov Dewsbury Bus Museum Autumn Running Day Buses Free West Yorkshire

Mon 2 – Thu 12 Nov The Paul Ducksbury Collection Sale 4 Auctions Nottinghamshire

Selected dates, 7 Nov – 30 Dec The Polar Express Train Ride at the Spa Valley Railway Railways From £39.95 Kent

Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show 2026 Tractors Adults £17 Nottinghamshire

Selected dates, 7 Nov – 23 Dec The Polar Express Train Ride at the Churnet Valley Railway Railways From £28.95 Staffordshire

Sat 7 Nov CTPG Twilight Running Event Buses Vale of Glamorgan

Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov Tramlight at Crich Tramway Village Trams Adults £16 Derbyshire

Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov Southern Through the Ages Gala at the Kent & East Sussex Railway Railways Kent

Selected dates, 13 Nov – 24 Dec The Polar Express Train Ride at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Railways North Yorkshire

Selected dates, 13 Nov – 23 Dec The Polar Express at the Brecon Mountain Railway Railways From £12 Merthyr Tydfil

Fri 13 – Sun 15 Nov Military Vehicle Trust Commemorative Showcase Military West Midlands

Selected dates, 13 Nov – 23 Dec THE POLAR EXPRESS Train Ride – Wensleydale Railway Railways Adults £5 North Yorkshire

Selected dates, 13 Nov – 15 Nov Legendary Journey with Flying Scotsman: Darlington to Stanhope Railways From £79 County Durham

Sat 14 – Sun 15 Nov Kramplewick Steam Event at Papplewick Pumping Station Steam Nottinghamshire

Sat 14 – Sun 15 Nov Last Hurrah Steam Gala at the Great Central Railway Railways Leicestershire

Sat 14 Nov Buses by Twilight at the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester Buses Greater Manchester

Sun 15 Nov Fire Memorabilia Sale at Fireground Fire Adults £8 Greater Manchester

Wed 18 – Thu 19 Nov RTX Scotland 2026 (Road Transport Expo) Trucks Free City of Glasgow

Sat 21 Nov Lauderdale Ploughing Match 2026 Ploughing Scottish Borders

Selected dates, 21 Nov – 22 Nov Day Out With Thomas Festive Celebration at Statfold Country Park Railways Staffordshire

Sat 21 – Sun 22 Nov Last Hurrah Diesel Gala at the Great Central Railway Railways Leicestershire

Selected dates, 21 Nov – 23 Dec Santa Specials at the North Norfolk Railway Railways From £24.25 Norfolk

Selected dates, 21 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Express Experience at the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Railways Cumbria

Sat 21 Nov Bristol Vintage Bus Group Twilight Running Evening Buses Bristol

Sat 21 – Mon 23 Nov Automobilia and Advertising Sale, November 2026 Auctions Cambridgeshire

Selected dates, 21 Nov – 23 Dec THE POLAR EXPRESS Train Ride – Telford Steam Railway Railways From £33.99 Shropshire

Sat 21 Nov – Thu 24 Dec Santa's Toy Mine at Rhondda Heritage Park Railways Rhondda Cynon Taf

Sat 21 Nov – Thu 24 Dec Christmas Daytimes at Beamish Museum Trams Adults £2.50 County Durham

Selected dates, 21 Nov – 24 Dec Christmas Special at Audley End Enchanted Railway Railways Essex

Selected dates, 22 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Steam Specials at the Avon Valley Railway Railways From £18 Gloucestershire

Selected dates, 22 Nov – 23 Dec THE POLAR EXPRESS Train Ride – Birmingham Moor Street Railways From £56 West Midlands

Selected dates, 27 Nov – 23 Dec The Polar Express Train Ride at the South Devon Railway Railways From £29.95 Devon

Selected dates, 27 Nov – 24 Dec THE POLAR EXPRESS Tram Ride, Seaton Tramway Trams From £29.95 Devon

Fri 27 Nov – Wed 30 Dec Christmas Train of Lights at the Dartmouth Steam Railway Railways From £31.50 Devon

Selected dates, 27 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Express at Weardale Railway Railways From £33 County Durham

Sat 28 Nov – Fri 1 Jan 2027 Foxton Flight Illuminations Canals Free Leicestershire

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 20 Dec Festive Cruises at Llangollen Wharf Canals From £34.95 Denbighshire

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Specials at the Bluebell Railway Railways Adults £35 East Sussex

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Specials at the East Lancashire Railway Railways Adults £25 Greater Manchester

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa's Special Trains at the Epping Ongar Railway Railways From £130 Essex

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Express at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Railways From £29.50 North Yorkshire

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa's Steam Specials at the Severn Valley Railway Railways From £67 Worcestershire

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Father Christmas Yuletide Express at the Swanage Railway Railways From £29.95 Dorset

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec The Elf Explorer at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Railways From £26 West Yorkshire

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec The Great Central Santa Express at the Great Central Railway Railways From £27.50 Leicestershire

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Specials at the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Railways Sold out Kent

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec North Pole Express at the Tanfield Railway Railways County Durham

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Express at the West Somerset Railway Railways Booking required Somerset

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 23 Dec Santa Express at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Railways Gloucestershire

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Specials at the Llangollen Railway Railways Denbighshire

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa's Elf Express at the Strathspey Railway Railways Highland

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 20 Dec The Lapland Express at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway Railways Adults £21 County Down

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 20 Dec The Polar Express Train Ride at the Caledonian Railway (Brechin) Railways From £24.95 Angus

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa's Special Trains at Epping Ongar Railway Railways From £130 Essex

Selected dates, 28 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Specials at Nene Valley Railway Railways Adults £30 Cambridgeshire

Selected dates, 29 Nov – 23 Dec THE POLAR EXPRESS Train Ride – Edinburgh Waverley Railways City of Edinburgh

Sun 29 Nov Stratheden Ploughing Match 2026 Ploughing Fife

Selected dates, 29 Nov – 24 Dec Santa Specials at the Kent & East Sussex Railway Railways From £100 Kent

Fri 4 Dec Charity Christmas Tractor Run for Yorkshire Air Ambulance (Cloughton to Scarborough) Runs Free North Yorkshire

Selected dates, 5 Dec – 24 Dec Santa Specials at Peak Rail Railways From £9 Derbyshire

Selected dates, 5 Dec – 21 Dec Santa Specials at the Helston Railway Railways Cornwall

Selected dates, 5 Dec – 24 Dec Santa Steam Trains at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Railways From £3 West Lothian

Sat 5 Dec West Cornwall VR Revival - 20 Years On Buses Cornwall

Selected dates, 5 Dec – 23 Dec THE POLAR EXPRESS Train Ride – London Euston Railways From £5 Greater London

Selected dates, 5 Dec – 24 Dec Santa Cruises aboard Indian Chief, Stoke Bruerne Canals From £23 Northamptonshire

Selected dates, 5 Dec – 23 Dec Visit Santa by Train at Colne Valley Railway Railways Adults £25 Essex

Selected dates, 5 Dec – 20 Dec Tinsel Trains at Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway Railways From £30 Cumbria

Selected dates, 5 Dec – 24 Dec Father Christmas at Perrygrove Railway Railways From £11 Gloucestershire

Sun 6 Dec Brackley Christmas Tractor Run Runs Free Northamptonshire

Selected dates, 8 Dec – 24 Dec Santa Specials at the Dean Forest Railway Railways From £12.50 Gloucestershire

Fri 11 Dec Fireground Christmas Open Day Fire Museum admission Greater Manchester

Fri 11 – Sat 12 Dec Sheepy Ploughing Association Christmas Tractor Run Runs Free Leicestershire

Sat 12 Dec Banbury Christmas Tractor Run Runs Free Oxfordshire

Selected dates, 12 Dec – 24 Dec Father Christmas Express on the Watercress Line Railways Adults £22.50 Hampshire

Selected dates, 12 Dec – 22 Dec Ride the Lights, East Anglia Transport Museum Trams Suffolk

Sat 12 Dec Oswestry Illuminated Tractor Run Runs Free Shropshire

Selected dates, 12 Dec – 22 Dec Ride the Lights 2026, East Anglia Transport Museum Trams Suffolk

Sun 13 Dec South Yorkshire Transport Museum Winter Wonderland Open Day Buses Adults £10 South Yorkshire

Sun 13 Dec Suffolk Tractor Light Parade Runs Free Suffolk

Thu 17 Dec Foxton Illuminated Boat Festival Canals Leicestershire

Sat 19 Dec Pembrokeshire Illuminated Tractor Run Runs Free Pembrokeshire

Selected dates, 19 Dec – 19 Dec Talyllyn Railway Santa Special Railways Adults £15 Gwynedd

Sat 26 Dec Larling Boxing Day Tractor Run Runs Norfolk

Sat 26 Dec Far Forest Boxing Day Charity Tractor Run Runs From £10 Worcestershire

Sun 27 Dec Livingstone Christmas Tractor Run Runs Free entry County Armagh

Sun 27 Dec The Christie Charity Tractor Run Runs Free entry Cheshire

Mon 28 – Tue 29 Dec Bolton Steam Museum Christmas Steam Days Steam Greater Manchester

Fri 1 Jan Chesterfield Canal Trust New Year's Day Cruises Canals Adults £10 Derbyshire

Fri 1 Jan Coldharbour Mill New Year Steam Up Steam Devon

Fri 1 Jan King Alfred New Year's Day Mini Running Day Buses Hampshire

Sat 30 – Sun 31 Jan Somerset Vintage & Classic Tractor Show 2027 Tractors Adults £12 Somerset

Tue 2 – Thu 4 Feb The Doe Show 2027 Plant Free Essex

Wed 10 – Thu 11 Feb Executive Hire Show 2027 Plant Free West Midlands

Sat 27 – Sun 28 Feb Tractor World Show 2027 Tractors Worcestershire

Sat 27 – Sun 28 Feb Midlands Garden Rail Show 2027 Models Warwickshire

Sat 6 – Sun 7 Mar Classic Trucks & Tractors Fest Scotland 2027 Trucks City of Edinburgh

Sat 6 – Sun 7 Mar Classic Truck & Tractor Fest Scotland 2027 Tractors Edinburgh

Thu 18 – Sun 21 Mar Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Steam Gala Railways West Yorkshire

Sat 20 – Sun 21 Mar London Festival of Railway Modelling 2027 Models Greater London

Fri 2 – Sun 4 Apr Llangollen & Corwen Railway Branch Line Gala Railways Denbighshire

Sat 3 – Sun 4 Apr No Man's Land 2027 Military Denbighshire

Sat 3 Apr National Garden Railway Show 2027 Models Warwickshire

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Apr Classic Trucks & Tractors Fest Norfolk 2027 Trucks Norfolk

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Apr Classic Truck & Tractor Fest Norfolk 2027 Tractors Norfolk

Sat 17 – Sun 18 Apr Classic Trucks & Tractors Fest Staffordshire 2027 Trucks Staffordshire

Sat 17 – Sun 18 Apr Classic Truck & Tractor Fest Staffordshire 2027 Tractors Staffordshire

Sun 18 Apr London Bus Museum Spring Gathering Buses Surrey

Fri 23 – Sat 24 Apr Cambridge Vintage Sale, April 2027 Auctions Cambridgeshire

Sat 24 Apr Tiger Day Spring 2027 Military Dorset

Fri 30 Apr – Sun 2 May Bristol Model Railway Exhibition 2027 Models South Gloucestershire

Sat 1 – Mon 3 May IWA Canalway Cavalcade 2027 Canals Free Greater London

Mon 3 May King Alfred Big Bus Day and Transport Bazaar Buses Hampshire

Fri 14 – Sun 16 May Keighley & Worth Valley Railway 1940s Weekend 2027 Railways West Yorkshire

Sat 15 – Sun 16 May Anglesey Vintage Rally Steam Isle of Anglesey

Sat 15 – Sun 16 May Anglesey Vintage Rally (Anglesey Festival of Transport & Machinery) 2027 Tractors Isle of Anglesey

Sat 15 – Sun 16 May Stewarts and Lloyds 60th Anniversary Boat Rally Canals West Midlands

Wed 19 – Sat 22 May Balmoral Show 2027 Country County Antrim

Thu 20 – Sat 22 May Devon County Show 2027 Country Devon

Fri 28 – Mon 31 May Devon Truck Show 2027 Trucks Devon

Fri 28 – Mon 31 May Crick Boat Show 2027 Canals Northamptonshire

Thu 3 – Sat 5 Jun Royal Bath & West Show 2027 Country Somerset

Sat 5 – Sun 6 Jun Tractor Fest 2027 (Newby Hall) Tractors North Yorkshire

Thu 17 – Sun 20 Jun Royal Highland Show 2027 Country City of Edinburgh

Fri 18 – Sun 20 Jun Royal Three Counties Show 2027 Country Worcestershire

Sat 19 Jun Automobilia and Advertising Sale, June 2027 Auctions Cambridgeshire

Tue 22 – Thu 24 Jun PlantWorx 2027 Plant West Midlands

Fri 25 – Sun 27 Jun TANKFEST 2027 Military Dorset

Sat 26 – Sun 27 Jun Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally 2027 Canals Northamptonshire

Sun 27 Jun London Bus Museum Summer Festival 2027 Buses Museum admission Surrey

Wed 30 Jun – Thu 1 Jul Royal Norfolk Show 2027 Country Norfolk

Fri 2 – Sun 4 Jul Capel Military Show 2027 Military Adults £15 Surrey

Sat 3 – Sun 4 Jul Hollowell Steam & Heavy Horse Show 2027 Steam Northamptonshire

Tue 6 – Thu 8 Jul Road Transport Expo 2027 (RTX) Trucks Free Warwickshire

Tue 13 – Fri 16 Jul Great Yorkshire Show 2027 Country North Yorkshire

Fri 16 – Sat 17 Jul Cambridge Vintage Sale, July 2027 Auctions Cambridgeshire

Mon 19 – Thu 22 Jul Royal Welsh Show 2027 Country Powys

Fri 23 – Sun 25 Jul Welland Steam & Country Rally Steam Worcestershire

Fri 6 – Sun 8 Aug Yorkshire Wartime Experience 2027 Military South Yorkshire

Sat 14 Aug Harrogate Vintage Sale 2027 Auctions North Yorkshire

Sat 25 Sep FFF&B Ploughing Match 2027 (Fairford, Faringdon, Filkins & Burford) Ploughing Gloucestershire

Fri 15 – Sat 16 Oct Cambridge Vintage Sale, October 2027 Auctions Cambridgeshire

Sat 13 Nov Automobilia and Advertising Sale, November 2027 Auctions Cambridgeshire

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