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.
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Tractor Runs

Welshpool Illuminated Christmas Tractor Run

📅 December 2026 · date TBC📍 Welshpool Livestock Sales, Buttington Cross, PowysSY21 8SR

One of Wales's biggest festive tractor runs, with just under 170 illuminated tractors taking part on 15 December 2025 in aid of farming charity Tir Dewi. Tractors gather at Welshpool Livestock Market before a roughly 30-mile loop through villages including Guilsfield, Arddleen, Four Crosses, Llandrinio, Criggion, Trewern and Buttington. Organisers say it will return in 2026; the date has not yet been announced.

What’s on

  • Nearly 170 illuminated tractors, one of Wales's biggest runs
  • Roughly 30-mile loop through the Severn Valley villages
  • 2025 proceeds to farming charity Tir Dewi
  • Gathers at Welshpool Livestock Market

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