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Chickerell, Dorset: 2004- Cromford Steam Rally [12] Brackenfield, Derbyshire: 38 years (as of 2008) Dacorum Steam & Country Fayre [13] Dacorum, Hertfordshire: 2007- Great Dorset Steam Fair: Dorset: 1968- Grand Henham Steam Rally: Henham Park, Blythburgh, Suffolk: 1974- Haddenham Steam Rally and Heavy Horse Show [14] Haddenham, Cambridgeshire: 1974-
The Great Dorset Steam Fair (abbreviated GDSF, and since 2010 also known as The National Heritage Show) was an annual show featuring steam-powered vehicles and machinery held in Dorset, England. It covered 600 acres (2.4 km 2) and ran for five days. This used to be from the Wednesday after the UK August bank holiday, but from 2016 to 2022 was ...
Festivals that involve steam engines and steam-powered machinery of all kinds. Pages in category "Steam festivals" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
List of steam fairs, events where steam engines, particularly traction engines, may be seen working'. References This page was last edited on 2 August 2023 ...
From 1860 to 1966, Blandford Forum was a stop on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which ran from Bath to Bournemouth, though until the bridge was built over the river Stour, opening in 1863, [48] the Dorset Central section of the line terminated at the hamlet of Blandford St. Mary. [49] Blandford Forum railway station, along with the ...
Night-time view of showman's engines, at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, 2007 The Iron Maiden, a preserved showman's engine. A showman's road locomotive or showman's engine is a steam-powered road-going 'locomotive' designed to provide power and transport for a travelling funfair or circus.
The chalk hills of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs lie immediately northeast and southwest respectively. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 277 dwellings, [1] 265 households and a population of 617. [2] It was the original site of the Great Dorset Steam Fair, which has been held at nearby Tarrant Hinton in more recent years.
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