Crew in orange and white overalls load coal onto the corrugated-clad 1909 Ruston steam excavator as black smoke pours from its chimney, with a yellow Matbro loader alongside below a rocky hillside.
Photo: ARG_Flickr · CC BY 2.0
Plant & Digger Events

Hillhead 2028

📅 Date TBC · usually June📍 Hillhead Quarry, Harpur Hill, DerbyshireSK17 9PR

Biennial quarrying, construction and recycling exhibition staged in a working limestone quarry near Buxton, with live demonstration areas at the quarry face and in rock processing and recycling. The 2026 show ran in June with over 600 exhibitors; the next edition is expected in June 2028 but dates have not yet been announced, and it is a trade show with free registration.

What’s on

  • Excavators working at a live quarry face
  • Rock processing demonstrations
  • 600+ exhibitors in 2026
  • Free trade registration

The next date has not been confirmed by the organiser yet. This event usually runs in June. We check weekly and will publish the date as soon as it is announced.

5Dec

Santa Specials at Peak Rail

Rowsley South Station, Peak Rail, Rowsley, near Matlock · Derbyshire

12 miles awayRailways Selected dates, 5 Dec – 24 Dec 2026