A driver on a green Field Marshall tractor numbered 46 leads a parade of vintage tractors at the Mid Devon Show, with exhaust smoke rising and Devon hills behind.
Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tractor Runs · In 27 days

Ashbourne Christmas Tractor Lights

📅 Sat 5 Dec 2026📍 Villages around Ashbourne, parading through the town centre mid-evening, Derbyshire

Thornley's illuminated tractor parade loops roughly 16 villages around Ashbourne on Saturday 5 December 2026, with past routes taking in Swinscoe, Mayfield, Ellastone, Cubley, Brailsford, Mappleton, Thorpe and Ilam before reaching Ashbourne town centre around 7.15pm. It raises money for Cancer Research UK, the Farming Community Network and PASIC, in memory of Helen Mead.

What’s on

  • Long illuminated loop of the villages around Ashbourne
  • Parade through Ashbourne town centre mid-evening
  • Raises funds for Cancer Research UK, FCN and PASIC
  • Founded in memory of the organiser's mother